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10 L.
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Battery Eliminator
By H. W. LAM 0
A careful study has re
cently been made con
cerning the design and
operation
of
the
"B"
ba ttery eliminator using
either the Raytheon recti
fying tube or the ther
mionic rectifier, as exem
plified by the UX 2 I 3
Rectron.
In order that an alter
nating current, such as
that ob tained from the or
dinary AC lighting circuit,
may be available for sup
plying the "B" battery
power for a radio receiver it must
first be rectified, that is, made
One
unidirectional in character.
method of doing this consists of
utilizing the limited "one way" con
ducting power of the rectifrcr tube.
If this tube is operated as a "single
rectifier one-half of each
wave
cycle is suppressed so that, with a
C source, sixty unidi
sixty cycle
current are
of
rectional pulses
passed through the tube per second.
Between every two of these pulses
there exists a "dead" interval ap
proximately one-half a cycle or
I 120 of a second long during
which no current Aows through the
tube.
When the rectifier is of the
"double wave" form 120 unidirec
tional pulses are passed per second.
A double wave rectifier actually con
sists of two separate rectifiers built
into a single unit. It is used in con
junction with a transformer having
a center tap on the secondary coil.
The two individual anodes of the
tube are connected to the extremities
of the transformer secondary coil
while the common cathodes are con-
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hO\,ing fall of oulpul 'ollages ab load
is increased in sinirlc wa' e re tificalion u ing
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value and, if this charge cannot leak
away, due to the "one way" con
ductivity of the tube, the peak volt
age is maintained when there is no
When, however, an
external load.
external load is drawn from the
tube the output voltage falls rapidly
as the limited charge thrown on the
condenser at the peak of every
other half-cycle leaks away to sup
ply the load current during the
"dead" intervals.
The remaining
curves of Figure I show how in
creasing the capacity of the reser
voir condenser serves to maintain
the output voltage under a load,
causing, thereby, a slower drop from
the open circuit peak value.
Fig. 2.
howing fall of output voltag ''' ith
doubl wave r ctification as load is increased
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Rectron
"B"
Eliminator-Power Ampli
fier kit and carefully follow
the few simple instructions
drilled base
board
$47.so
INSTRUMENTS
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