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Old 26th Jan 2023, 11:46 pm   #9
Lucien Nunes
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Default Re: AEG component identification

The selenium rectifiers are indeed likely to be faulty; I probably wouldn't have powered the unit up before changing them. In the past I have had generally good luck with selenium, and used to recommend against changing on sight. But selenium does not age well; the entire world inventory is failing part by part and amongst other things even my trusty 1960s fork-lift charger, which has a selenium bridge rated at 100 amps, has started to heat excessively.

Preserve them as an example of a technology that was once widespread and important but is completely unloved and unwanted today.
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