>
>Rich....Boring isn't the word for it.
>
>Gimminee f#$%ing Christmas Are you guys for real? Do you have any ideas
>what 1N5408s cost when bought in quantity?
Yes
>One year ago I purchased 2 bags
>of 100 1N5408s for 40 bucks at RF Parts ! That's 20 cents a piece. With 200
>diodes and a few pieces of perf board I can make 3 full wave bridge
>rectifiers with 10Kv on a leg and still have still have 80 diodes left over
>for various projects.
good point
>If you connect that to a transformer with a secondary
>voltage of 3500 volts the PIV of an individual leg is 4900 volts. That
>leaves you with a safety factor of 100% ! Worried about transients? Slap
>an MOV on the primary!
>
With a C-type filter, no MOV is necessary. Any transient that shows up
gets rectified and stored in the filter cap.
cheers, Bob
>Get A Clue !
>
>better yet
>
>Get A Life!
>
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