[Boatanchors] 0Z4 Rectifier

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Haynes" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:41 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] 0Z4 Rectifier


> I've wondered from time to time why the 0Z4 rectifier was used in,
> and used only in, automotive radios with vibrator power supplies.

Also used in RCA light aircraft radio power supplies from 
the late 1930s / early 1940s.  In a way, that's equiv.
to an automotive radio, I guess. ;-)