[Boatanchors] Diode Brick ID?

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

On 5/29/2012 8:51 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> were they mounted on anything?  A couple of black potted diode
> rectangles about 6 inches long, each with lugs at the ends and in the
> middle and bolted to an aluminum plate 6 inches x 8 inches is what
> you'd find in a 1970s 1 KW bc rig with a 3 KV FWB plate supply.
>
>
Something similar was (is) used in the Harris MW5 - though 
the ratings on those are 20KV at 2Amps.

There is a picture of some of those on this page - roughly 
8th picture down:

http://comcents.com/rg/mw5.html

That beast is STILL on the air...

Best regards...

-- 
randy guttery

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