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Oh my...

Posted by Tweekeng (A) on July 25, 2007 at 21:53:39

In Reply to: RE: VCAPs break in approach posted by GTCharlie on July 25, 2007 at 17:07:30:

I also rigged up a bridge rectifier (of the poorest quality) straight out of the wall, to produce a scraggly 120Hz or so of signal.

You had better be careful here. Directly rectifying AC line voltages is serious business. You come in contact with that high of a DC voltage with no current limit besides a 15 amp service breaker, it may be the last thing you ever do.

Am also thinking of putting in a transformer right after the rectifier, at some future weekend. That should produce pure AC of substantial voltage. Hope this helps.

Think again, placing a transformer after a rectifier will produce nothing except for possibly some smoke.

Edits: 07/25/07 07/25/07

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