19 Feb
2007
19 Feb
'07
7:03 a.m.
Bob Bradlee wrote:
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:46:57 -0800, Brent Hilpert
wrote:
I wouldn't, not against a huge mercury arc rectifier or rotary convertor. Any
electronics that you can *see* working always beats little (or big) black
boxes :-)
"In even later years, solid-state rectifiers
of sufficient capacity for the
traction power industry were developed, and substations became no more
exciting than giant computer chips."
Now there are fighting words. I expect this group would find a giant
computer chip of great interest !