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Recent Examples on the WebTheir active-variable reactance rectifier puts magnetic plates beneath the vehicle that are connected to a power line. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022 Power Transformer: Converts the 120 volts of power from the wall socket to a higher AC voltage and sends it to the rectifier tubes. Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2015 But the Hero, unlike past rectifiers, is packed with sensors to remotely measure and wirelessly report that the pipe is still connected, and resisting rust. Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018 The electricity flows through the pipeline itself, with the rectifier on one end of a pipeline segment and a buried bed of anodes on the other. Bobby Magill, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2013 Cathodic protection uses a device called a rectifier—a transformer which is connected to nearby power lines and converts alternating current to direct current. Bobby Magill, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2013 This is then converted into direct current by a rectifier, and is used to top up the vehicle’s battery.The Economist, 28 Oct. 2017 See More