Selenium Rectifier Question

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Originally Posted by jr_tech

Although some might consider it to be a "sloppy practice", I usually just bridge the seleniums with the diode

So I guess ya can call me "Mr. Some" , cause I always fully disconnect them , leave them in place , and then run the wires to a terminal strip holding the diodes (and if used , the dropping resistor) Many times , the same screw that holds the selenium in can be used to piggy back the terminal strip right there .

Originally Posted by wa2ise

The selenium would see the peak inverse voltage, and after a while it may not take it any longer, and then start to conduct and then fail...

Exactly