[AMPS] Re: Two XFMRs Parallel...

Paul Paul <apollo_six@btinternet.com>
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:05:35 +0000


In message <3A674227.19584.4DCE4AF@localhost>, Tom Rauch
<w8ji@contesting.com> writes
>
>
>> I should have added that if the DC is paralleled after the rectifies,
>> this phase difference could work to your advantage. If the two are out
>> of phase, the caps will tend to get charged more often, reducing
>> ripple. However, I still think this is a bad idea - not one I would
>> do. 
>
>It makes no difference if the rectifiers are full wave.
>
>The caps charge from both rectifiers 120 times per second in the 
>USA, and 100 in countries who have slower dynamo's.
>73, Tom W8JI
>w8ji@contesting.com
>
Since when do dynamo's produce AC...... ? New concept no doubt - And I
always thought it was alternators....

I have been wrong for over 40 years.!

Paul
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