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gbzm@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• CountVlad47@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just piggy backing this comment to save people a click. A mercury-arc valve is used to convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). It probably got a WTF for how weird it looks and how it looks like a crystal ball when it’s working.

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  • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Are you telling me that’s a full bridge rectifier made of glass, liquid metal and plasma?🧙‍♂️

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  • zululove@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That shits amazing

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• fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  no, but they will also kill you (but not by magic)

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How so? Can I touch it? Lick it?

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    • fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      These things are under high voltage, so no. And then there’s several kg of mercury inside

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