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Doohickey Corporation - home of the gadgets, gizmos, and thingamajigs

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Science department running diagnostics on their latest doohickey (reddthat.com)
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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s a mercury arc rectifier right? And old school way for doing AC to DC electricity. They’re super old school and get HOT, but they can run for decades.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 13 points 4 days ago

You're sure it doesn't raise the dead? It looks like it raises the dead