Reply To: RADIO SHACK RECTIFIER

[jrm80]

THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES. I’M INTRIGUED BY THE BRIGGS AND STRATTON REGULATOR, BUT FROM IT’S PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, IT APPEARS TO BE NOTHING MORE THAT A BRIDGE RECTIFIER EVEN THOUGH IT IS CALLED A REGULATOR. DOES ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS AN ACTUAL REGULATOR OR SIMPLY A RECTIFIER?

AS FAR AS THE RECTIFIER GOES, WHAT I AM REALLY WONDERING IS WHETHER I CAN USE SAY A 35 OR 50 AMP RECTIFIER WITH VOLTAGE RATINGS OF 400,600 OR EVEN 1000 VOLTS. FOR INSTANCE, I CAN GET A 50 AMP 1000 VOLT RECTIFIER OUT OF CHINA FOR LESS THAN A DOLLAR. IF THAT WILL WORK, AND I THINK IT WILL, I’M ALL IN AND I’LL BUY A DOZEN OF THEM.

BACK TO THE B&S, IF IT IS TRUELY A REGULATOR, I WOULD GO THAT ROUTE. THERE IS CERTAINLY AN ADVANTAGE TO REGULATING THE VOLTAGE EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN MY APPLICATION (MARK 55). I’M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANYONE KNOWS FOR SURE THAT IT REGULATES AS WELL AS RECTIFIES, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.