70 year old 500kw rectifier

[Andy_con]

may be of interest to some on CS.

a friend posted this on FB today

it gives off huge amounts of UV apparently, so glasses are a must when its on

 

[R3k1355]

That's amazing, and also completely terrifying.

 

[Matt Cup]

Photonicinduction made a video messing about with one of these.

 

[AdDaMan]

Photonicinduction made a video messing about with one of these.

I watched that ages ago too!

 

[McGherkin]

I came here to post PhotonicInduction but I'm glad to see I've been handily beaten. Cool s**t.

 

[Robbie Corbett]

They are absolutely brilliant to watch. There is a working on in a steam museum near the office, we hired the place for a work party a few years back and with the room lights off they look stunning. Proper bit if needs must engineering by some geniuses a hundred years ago.

I think they can get pretty bloody hot too!

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Cool AF

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Cheers for posting it up Andy

 

[charltjr]

They are really cool, last I heard there are still some actually in use powering lifts and suchlike. They’re too inefficient for industrial use any more.

 

[dann2707]

Think we've officially found out how that bacon was cooked this morning @jonno_c

 

[Transporter T4]

That's fabulous, When I was an apprentice we stripped a smaller version out from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, I'll never forget the weight of the mercury and the litte balls when you spill it.....oops.......