From: wwd@netheaven.com
Date: Mon Aug 12 2002 - 14:54:40 PDT
>The hundred amp system was relatively common on the M37 and especially
>for the M42 command... 100 amps at 24 volts ... had a big generator and a
>big rectifier and a big regulator.... the rectifier was in front of the
>radiator for cooling...
... because it was selenium or even older technology than that.
Wasteful, inefficient, and providing more heat to the atmosphere than
charge to the batteries. Modern silicon diodes are the way to go.
BTW, if that truck had a generator why was there any need for a
rectifier??
Cosmo Lean
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