[HAM] solid state rectifier

[Keith Cary]

It does work, and doesn't always blow things up, though it certainly  
may, if not corrected with a resistor which is going to get hot, and  
it wouldn't surprise me to learn that it shortens the life of several  
components, maybe the output tubes and output transformer. I've done  
it several times in guitar amps. I was after those last few watts.  
Well, now in my aged wisdom, I think it's not worth it. Besides the  
safety of your equipment, the tube rectifier is thought to contribute  
to a pleasant compressed distortion. It shuts down a little when it's  
asked to source more current than it can, and we often tend to like  
that effect. I'd buy a tube.

Keith CV/44W