There are artisans that can still make them for you. The mercury is not cheap though. It wouldn’t be very small because you need high voltage to make these work. It would be the size of a car battery charger of today.
Modern solid-state electronics are great, since they're more efficient in both energy usage and space; But I'd love to still see Mercury Arc Rectifiers in use just because they look awesome. I'd love to see these old rectifiers on top of modern EV DC fast chargers.
Awesome piece of electrical history. I think Jay Leno has that same car in his collection. Later came the selenium rectifier, and the modern diode. Almost forgot the vacuum tube rectifiers...Great explanation. Thank You for posting this.
National Grid in the UK wasn’t completed until 1935 so where did all of these people get their electricity from? They have their own power station or is it piece of jigsaw missing?
Fai scomparire le Voltaren tremblex Haldol decanoas Jansen brocades minuscoril e gocce di superricchione e le compresse di superricchione usate mi chiamo Biagio di balsamo e famiglia.
No those two arms are AC. The AC input is through a centre tapped transformer giving with each arm connected getting 1.2 wave AC. The DC output is the Hg cathode and the centre tap of the transformer.
I want one next to my desk so when people ask me what is that, I can say that's my phone charger.
There are artisans that can still make them for you. The mercury is not cheap though. It wouldn’t be very small because you need high voltage to make these work. It would be the size of a car battery charger of today.
Modern solid-state electronics are great, since they're more efficient in both energy usage and space; But I'd love to still see Mercury Arc Rectifiers in use just because they look awesome. I'd love to see these old rectifiers on top of modern EV DC fast chargers.
They only produce half wave dc
@@WELLINGTON20 No. They can be connected to make full wave rectification, but it's different circuit to today's most popular Graetz bridge.
Very interesting. Amazing technology that bridges the gap between the old and modern era.
The 1930's battery charger probably has a copper oxide rectifier .. the first selenium rectifier I remember seeing was in a 1940's receiver .
Early electrical equipment is scary looking. Sinister.
Plug is asbestos lined. As well as the resistors and wiring.
Awesome piece of electrical history. I think Jay Leno has that same car in his collection. Later came the selenium rectifier, and the modern diode. Almost forgot the vacuum tube rectifiers...Great explanation. Thank You for posting this.
There were also smaller battery chargers in the teens and 20s that were smaller argon gas rectifiers.
@@gregorymalchuk272 They found 2k year old batteries in Baghdad.
That was fantastic!
i always wondered how this was done before transistors and modern components ? thanks
STOP YELLING AT ME
I haven't seen many arc rectifiers with only two terminals but I suppose you don't need 'fancy' three-phase AC just to charge batteries.
I would love to restore that machine
Looks like Mad Science.
you could have cleand it and refreshed the wires
National Grid in the UK wasn’t completed until 1935 so where did all of these people get their electricity from? They have their own power station or is it piece of jigsaw missing?
Looks really safe!
Pretty sure I saw this unit on display at Concour's de Elegance
If the electrical insulation is good why not use it? Modern electrical equipment simply doesn't have the same wow factor.
@:10- "Can't believe I'm plugging this into Tesla's invention... !@#$%."
So? Start it up! The tube looks ok to me...
But... the others parts of the charger are going need to be resrored
Fai scomparire le Voltaren tremblex Haldol decanoas Jansen brocades minuscoril e gocce di superricchione e le compresse di superricchione usate mi chiamo Biagio di balsamo e famiglia.
Electric car fast charger circa 1908. I wonder if it will work on a Tesla...
our local garage has a battery charger from the 30s would it have a mercury arc rectifier
Apologies Keith..got myself back to front for a while..
I got one of these to charge my ipod
makes me laugh i used to look after them for a living
You should do videos on them. Seems to be far and few between
Having to charge with this scary contraption would definitely stifle EV adoption in 2020.
This is how a gas pump will look like in 30 years to a lot of people :D
It'll probably have a selenium rectifier.
Anybody knows why this guy is shouting? The other dude is right next to him not a mile away.
Those arms are the DC outputs..not the AC inputs !
No those two arms are AC. The AC input is through a centre tapped transformer giving with each arm connected getting 1.2 wave AC. The DC output is the Hg cathode and the centre tap of the transformer.
We've come a long way, just to go back 100 years with all these politics
No disrespect but it sad no American young folks no this.
Talk about a fire hazard. Geez
Why is he yelling
Ten cups of black coffee and chicken chow main.....than lets make a youtube video!