Hello, ALL.

I have (or had) this "Auto Stereo Home Adapter" box, rated at 115VAC,
12-14VDC, 3 amps continuous, 5 amps switching.

I ended up blowing it up - - I'll tell about that later.  Took it apart,
and the only thing in there which could possibly be a rectifier is this
lightbulb-looking thing, with 2 bare leads out of the bottom of the
glass, and wired to the circuit board.  I've seen one of these before,
now over 40 years ago, and it was on a little 6V trickle charger, and I
ended blowing that sucker up too, while I was still in highschool.

My questions - -
1.  What the heck are these bulb things, and how much would a
replacement for the unit at hand cost?

2.  How can a rectifier with only 2 leads give good enough DC to run an
auto stereo back in the home, without a lot of hum.

3. Should I pitch the thing, or could maybe some large diode or diodes
be added, which would make it useable again?

FWIW, in desperation, after probs with the riding mower, I used this
unit for a battery charger.  It worked OK, and put some charge on that
there lead acid battery, but I blew it up and 'let some smoke out" when
I tried to crank the mower while this makeshift "charger" was still
attached.

Here's the Ho Ho Ho part. - - In the spirit of the season, first two
good responses (if they want the reward and providing they are willing
to pay the shipping) will get "for FREE" their choice of - -

a) One  32MB 168 pin SDRAM DIMM by Micron
(or)
b) One IDE CDROM drive, untested by me but assumed good.  Probably a
12X Toshiba - gotta see what I have on hand- I know I got at least one
of those..

Seasons greetings!  - - -  JimH.

... A merry heart doeth good like a medicine . . .    Proverbs 17:22
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