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07-03-2015, 07:34 AM
Good Morning you will need some kind of dropping resistor. Old selenium rectifiers drop around 7-10 volts in a radio silicon diodes drop 7/10 of a volt in a radio!!! Desired voltage drop divided by amps equals ohms, go with your best guess then measure results and adjust. Good Luck David
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Old rectifiers - by TV MAN - 06-20-2015, 11:33 AM
RE: Old rectifiers - by Radioroslyn - 06-20-2015, 03:53 PM
RE: Old rectifiers - by David - 06-21-2015, 07:07 PM
RE: Old rectifiers - by Arran - 06-24-2015, 03:30 AM
RE: Old rectifiers - by codefox1 - 06-24-2015, 02:43 PM
RE: Old rectifiers - by TV MAN - 07-02-2015, 11:42 PM
RE: Old rectifiers - by David - 07-03-2015, 07:34 AM
RE: Old rectifiers - by wa2ise - 07-04-2015, 08:00 PM
RE: Old rectifiers - by Joe Rossi - 08-16-2015, 04:29 PM



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