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Mike Osc AM radio transmitter?
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Stacking the silicon diodes roughly duplicates the drop across the selenium rectifier, which is basically a stack of diodes in itself. I like the idea of using at least two diodes in series if you are using 1 amp diodes for a safety measure against shorts, this is probably overkill with the 3 amp ones but even those are cheap enough. Some people like using a Zener diode across the filament string rather then adding the dropping resistor in series, I haven't tried this but can see how it would work. With regular silicon diodes connected this way there is less to figure out as the forward drop is fairly consistent, I did this with one of those Electro battery eliminators after the dry metal rectifier failed in the A+ supply, shunt regulation is what it's called I think. One other thing, by using silicon diodes you will need a terminal strip to mount them, which means that you may as well get rid of the hot chassis hookup whilst you are at it.
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Arran


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Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 01-29-2018, 06:57 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by Arran - 01-30-2018, 05:52 AM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by David - 02-01-2018, 10:29 AM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-01-2018, 04:03 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by Arran - 02-01-2018, 11:04 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-15-2018, 12:35 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-15-2018, 12:55 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-15-2018, 11:43 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-17-2018, 07:37 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by 35Z5 - 02-23-2018, 12:03 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-23-2018, 08:37 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by 35Z5 - 02-23-2018, 10:28 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-24-2018, 03:05 PM
RE: Mike Osc AM radio transmitter? - by TV MAN - 02-24-2018, 07:01 PM



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