Fwd: Fw: [Hallicrafters] Solid State rectifiers vs Vacuum Tube rectifiers

[rrkrr]

125VAC is one of the US standard these days.  It was raised from the 
various 110/115/117 VAC standards several years ago.

This same solid state rectifier discussion comes up on every boatanchor 
related list every few months.
This is a six step process:

1. Someone mentions the idea of replacing their boatanchor's vacuum 
rectifier with solid state rectifiers.
2. Someone else mentions that if you replace a conventional vacuum 
(non-mercury vapor) rectifier with solid state rectifiers, the resulting 
DC output voltage will go up by some amount, depending on the current 
draw from the supply and the plate resistance of the original vacuum 
rectifier.
3. Any number of methods to correct the the DC output voltage back to 
the original are mentioned.
4. Most hams with some technical experience with electronics can figure 
out their preferred method, those that have less experience but want to 
learn will ask more questions.
5. This oft repeated discussion ensues, with about 50% expanding on #3 
and the other 50% opining that #1 should not be attempted under any 
circumstances.
6. Pause for a few months, then repeat starting with 1.

Anyone else notice this pattern?

Bob K4ERR

W4AWM at aol.com wrote:
> My viltage here in Virginia, in the approximate middle of the run, is always 
> in the vicinity of 123 to 126V. Complaints to the power company are ignored.
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> 73,
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> John.  W4AWM
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