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Rotary converter, a Common card
A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 105
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Ranked #2,394 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Rotary converters were used to convert alternating current to direct current, or DC to AC power, before the advent of chemical or solid state power rectification and inverting.
- They were commonly used to provide DC power for commercial, industrial and railway electrification from an AC power source.
- A rotary converter plant is a facility at which rotary converters are used.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rotary converter article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Rotary converter
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rotary converter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andy Dingley (scanner), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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