[Shop-talk] old battery charger, how it works?

[David Scheidt]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Paul Mele <paul.mele at usermail.com> wrote:
> here's a picture of one of them...
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> http://bulbs.2yr.net/ge-tungar-bulb.php
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And a description of how they work:
http://www.powerstream.com/1922/battery_1922_WITTE/batteryfiles/chapter11.htm
and some 1922 battery chargers.  Maybe one like yours is listed?

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Scheidt
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:50 PM
> To: Skip Albright
> Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] old battery charger, how it works?
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> On May 9, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Skip Albright <salbrigh at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
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>> I have a mid 30's battery charger and
>> and a light bulb that screws into a regular light bulb base. (GE
>> 189048)
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>> How does it make DC? B or does it?
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> Your lightbulb isn't. It's a half wave rectifier, and the dc source.
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>> Thanks
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>> Skip
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