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In Reply to: RE: Q: When is Full-Wave not Full-Wave? posted by FenderLover on October 16, 2016 at 00:34:03
The 5R4GYB could handle powers up to a few hundred watts. Mercury vapor rectifiers like the 866 were used up to 1KW or so. Above that, commercial broadcast transmitters used larger mercury vapor tubes or high-vacuum rectifiers. The 8008 MV rectifier is rated at 10KV inverse peak and 5A peak current. The 8020 vacuum rectifier is rated at 40KV inverse and 750 mA peak. I'm thinking a couple of those would work well in my next line stage. :)
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To have KV+ rating? Or did they use a series of, say, 450VDC caps --- in a string?
I have a RF linear amplifier from the '60s with a 1,500V/1A solid-state supply. It's a choke input filter with series 450V electrolytics. I don't know what the high power broadcast transmitters use, I've never worked with them.
Incidentally, I still remember going to see the "artificial lightning" demonstration at the natural science museum in Philadelphia when I was a boy. The demo charged a large bank of capacitors, then let go when there was enough voltage to arc across the gap. During the demo, there was a huge bang, following which a block of wood in the path of the arc literally disappeared. The high-vacuum rectifier they used was about three feet tall, lit up like a bunch of 100W bulbs. Yowee!
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Scary, just thinking about it. Boy, to be a tech in those days!
8^)
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