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Old 10-27-2011, 12:54 PM
old_coot88 old_coot88 is offline
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That's called a synchronous vibrator. A second set of points does the job of rectifying the stepped-up voltage coming out of the transformer.
A radio using a synchronous viber is sensitive to supply voltage polarity. That is, if the radio is negative ground and you reverse the input polarity, the stepped-up voltage will also have reverse polarity. It'll be putting "B-minus" voltage on the filter caps instead of "B plus" voltage.
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