Re: voltage drop of a old silenium rectifier

tucker@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
 I want to build a hi current 12v supply, I know where i can buy a
6-12v 100amp battery
charger cheap. This charger had silenium (dont know the proper
spelling) rectifiers.  Im
thinking the transformer must be alot higher voltage than a similar one
in a modern charger
using silicon diodes. If i know the drop than i can figure the
transformers output voltage.
 So does anyone know the voltage drop of these old rectifiers?

The normal drop (at rated current) of selenium rectifiers is about 2 volts per plate.

Silicon rectifiers drop about 1 volt.

Schottky rectifiers drop about .6 volt.
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