[GreenKeys] Fw: Rewiring a Model 19 ASR for RTTY

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For those who don't know, bare selenium cells are slightly photovoltaic.  
But you have to remove the paint that they are all coated with.

In a message dated 09/19/2011 12:22:47 PM Central Daylight Time, 
epvgk at limpoc.com writes: 
> or selenium rectifiers.   I sure hope 
> >>people
> >>convert those rectifiers to solar cells and don't simply discard them!  
> I
> >>seem to recall powering a radio from selenium "cells" back in 1955.

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