>
> In the common voltage doubler PS as used in many amps, is not each
> capacitor subjected to 50/60 Hz rather than 100/120Hz as in a FWB ?
> If that is true, what effect does that have on all the cap ratings which
> are specified at 120Hz?
>
The common voltage doubler is a "full wave voltage doubler" ... as such
the capacitor bank gets 120 Hz ripple. The charge gets piled on top of
the stack on one half cycle and pulled out of the bottom on the other
half cycle (in my simple way of expressing it).
73,
... Joe Subich, W8IK/4 ex-AD8I
<W8IK@IBM.NET>
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