>On Tuesday 20 January 2004 18:20, RFlabnotes@aol.com wrote:
>> Chuck:
>> The key to your statement is "...is capable of handling....",
>> whatever that is supposed to mean. The basic fact is that if the secondary
>> has R ohms of resistance, then with a load of I amperes it is going to
>> produce, at a MINIMUM, a heat loss of I-squared-R watts................
>
>And don't forget it's the rms value of current to use here. With a capacitor
>input supply, rms current can be several times the dc current so (Irms
>squared) can easily be 5x (Idc squared).
>
** Steve - 10x I-dc^2 is more like it with a low ESR and a C-filter.
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