Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Mercury arc rectifier

Mercury arc rectifier by E.C.C., 1922 no.1482, AC input 400volt, 3 phase 50 cycles, DC output 440 volt, 110 amp, 48.5kw, in sheet steel ventilated cubicle approx. 2.0m high x 0.4m x 0.3m, weight approx. 5cwt, from the ground floor of the lower station. Used on the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway, dating from the conversion from water power to electric power in 1922.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

78.34I/3

Acquisition

Donation, 23/3/1978

Measurements

Location

In store

Categories

rail transport Dyfed 1920s
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