Ford And Fordson Colpin Magneto Recharger…

[MichaelPawelek]

Due to the recent posts on in car and out of car magneto charging I thought I would post some pictures of the unit I acquired many years ago. I enquirer as to what type of liquid went into the four jars but could not find a direct answer so I thought it prudent not to use the unit as I am a electrical dummy. If anyone needs clearer pictures email me and I can send larger Jpegs….
Texas grown capers at yahoo dot com

[TXGOAT2]

Do the instructions make any reference to the jars?

[MichaelPawelek]

Yes, The instructions tell you add 1/4 of the “Colpin Chemicals” in the bag to each of the four jars, add distilled water and stir carefully with a clean stick!

[TXGOAT2]

Adding any of several substances to water will make it more or less conductive. I'm at a loss as to what purpose the jars of ...whatever.... could serve. Some old AC line current battery chargers used a mercury rectifier, or several of them, but that would not be needed on a battery-powered device and such devices had no need of water. Early solid state rectifiers often had large metal cooling fins, but I never heard of one being water cooled.

[Scott_Conger]

Seek and ye shall find: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/50 ... 1232453296

[TXGOAT2]

From extensive Wikipedia article on rectifiers: "When two different metals are suspended in an electrolyte solution, direct current flowing one way through the solution sees less resistance than in the other direction. Electrolytic rectifiers most commonly used an aluminum anode and a lead or steel cathode, suspended in a solution of triammonium orthophosphate."