[R-390] OA2 Rectifiers

[Tim Shoppa]

Dan Arney <hankarn at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Ken, I thought maybe my mind got SS'ed. It was always my thinking that 
> OA2's etc. were regulators. A big difference.

Well, both regulators and rectifiers are diodes (two-terminal
devices).

Some people call anything with two terminals a "diode", others
call them a "rectifier".

Others say "diode rectifier" or "rectifier diode" :-).  (You do occasionally
see spare triodes turned into rectifiers...)  (And real rectifiers often
have three pins, funny thing about the way heaters work you have
two wires going to the same element, but not the same potential
at each end!)

Don't get me started about "ATM machines"!

Tim.