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Old 27th Apr 2019, 6:04 pm   #26
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Default Re: Elizabethan LZ-29. Rectifier.

I'd agree with Graham and HB. Fitting a N.O.S. contact cooled(or any other type ) rectifier is, IMHO, asking for trouble. As others have said, it's not difficult to fit a modern silicon bridge rectifier. The two wires from the transformer secondary go to the terminals marked either 'AC' or with the '~' symbol. The Negative terminal on the new rectifier (marked - ) goes to chassis, and the Positive (+ ) goes to the smoothing capacitor via a series resistor. The Smoothing Capacitor should be checked and, if necessary, replaced.
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