"Roy J. Tellason" wrote to "JIM HOLSONBACK" (28 Dec 02  04:06:16)
 --- on the topic of "Rectifier Bulb? HoHoHo"

 RJT> JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

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

 RJT> It looks like a light bulb?  Clear glass?  Can you describe anything
 RJT> about the innards?

 JH> Bulb thing is about 1- 1/2" long and about 3/8" diameter. Clear
 JH> glass, with kind of a strip of metal looking thing in there maybe
 JH> about 1/16" wide where you'd expect a filament. It is bent in
a "u"
 JH> shape and maybe total length of that is about 1/2".

 RJT> Oh!  That sounds like one of those circuit breakers...  I have a few
 RJT> of them around here someplace that I took out of a Heathkit audio amp
 RJT> I scrapped out some years ago.  Ever see those light bulbs that flash?
 RJT> Same principle,  it's self-resetting,  unless you seriously overload
 RJT> it,  which it sounds like you did.

I recall those Heathkit glass-bulb breakers had a 3 amp rating...
Indeed, they were self-resetting but would eventually burn out if the
main fuse didn't... :-(

 Mike
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