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Subject: [AMPS] Diode Blocks
From: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Tom Wagner)
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 09:26:52 -0400
Let's see 8000 V x 4 A = 32000 VA = 32 kw

32 KW * 60 hrs = 1920 kwh @ $.10 = $192.00

Evan at a nickel that's a $96 test!

:-)

Tom - N1MM


At 10:18 PM 5/30/97 +0100, you wrote:
>I ripped apart a junk microwave Tuesday night
>and took the rectifier block out and brought into the test lab here at
>work.
>We hooked it up to our trusty underground cable testing machine and
>proceeded to cook it for almost 60 hours at 8kV (AC), 4 amps.  They got
>warm
>(ok, HOT, 75 deg. C) but didn't fail. 
>
>Ok, guys with the egg on your face, are you convienced yet? You show go
>out and purchase
>some of K2aw's diodes, as an act of good faith. All of this was kinda
>fun, lets get something else going now.
>Ron W4WA
>
>
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