Re: [MV] Fw: Interesting item on eBay web site item#595107201: Military vehicle personel heater

From: Dave Merchant (kosh@nesys.com)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 22:52:00 PDT


It's a rectifier, you hope it's Selenium.
They used to be made of a less efficient material,
Copper Oxide as I recall, took a big one to produce a little current.

Looks to be a 3-phase AC input, maybe from a welder?

-Dave Merchant

At 09:10 PM 9/10/2001 -0700, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>
>fpetri@eastex.net (Floyd Petri) wrote:
>> I would like for one of you M151 Jeep experts to look at this M151 Heater
>> on eBay and tell me if this is really a Personal Heater or a Rectifier?
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=595107201
>
>It looks like a selenium rectifier to me. I'm no expert, but I'd bet a
>quarter that the seller is mistaken about its identity.
>
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