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| I have a transformer, when powered by 110 vac I get 16 vac out. I put it through a bridge rectifier and the problem is when I put a cap say 20v 1000uf across the + - of the rectifier, the voltage jumps to about 20 vdc. If I omit the cap and attach (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Well, just off the top of my head, when you say "get 16 vac out" how are you determining this, a volt meter set for "Volts AC" or some such? Not, say, an oscilloscope? You will note that almost all meters render "AC Voltage" as the RMS (Root (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Dear Mike, I believe the 16 V is rms value. If you attach a capacitor across the bridge rectifier under no load condition(output terminals are open), the capacitor gets charged not to 16 V rms but to the maximum value ie Vm=16*2^0.5 which is about (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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