[Boatanchors] copper cap rectifiers

[Troglodite@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/14/03 8:00:25 AM Central Daylight Time, 
skywaves@bw.webex.net writes:

> So what the heck is a "copper cap rectifier"?  Are we 
>  blathering about copper oxide rectifiers, or what?

I was wondering about that myself. I thought maybe he was talking about the 
"top hat" style that was once common.

Anyone ever heard of a Sweedish Roller rectifier? That's the one where the 
incoming sine wave is passed through two rollers to flatten it out and make 
it DC. Any bumps that are left are pounded with a mallet. Doesn't need a 
filter capacitor.

Larson E. Rapp