source for rectifiers

[mat]

Does anyone have a good source for rectifiers? How about in canada? I want one for the 24 volt piggot wind turbine. What does one use for the cooling?

-mat

[SparWeb]

You won't be satisfied by what you can find at Radio Shack (sorry, "the source", what an idiotic name for a store).

Track down stores that cater to electronics specifically.  Here in Calgary, I frequent Active Electronics and MRO Electronics.  They may have other branches in other Canadian cities, whichever one you may be in.

Cooling:  scavenge heat sinks.  The bigger the better.

[jacobs]

Mouser Electronics, Newark Electronics, and Digi-Key Electronics should all be good sources.

[TAH]

You can get large diodes cheap on Ebay. I don't even bother selling them anymore because they brings so little. Look for stud mount or high power packs. 200 plus AMPs are very common. I use at least 10X the rating for the max current I expect to put through the diodes but since they don't cost me anything...