[Boatanchors] copper cap rectifiers - explained

Wed, 14 May 2003 17:13:42 -0700 (PDT)

Try this....

http://www.webervst.com/ccap.html

Copper Cap Rectifiers are solid state rectifier replacement devices for use in place of vintage
tube rectifiers. Each model emulates the forward conduction resistance curve of the tube type it
replaces and also has linear in-rush current limiting to emulate the warm-up time of a tube
rectifier. The envelopes are solid hard-drawn copper with a high thermal capacitance that allows a
100% continuous overload condition. 

Rodney
VK2KTZ

--- [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 5/14/03 8:00:25 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> [email protected] 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
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