[Amps] PS Theory ?

[Steve Thompson]

On Thursday 28 August 2003 06:39, Skram, Helge (MED) wrote:
> The peak current will depend on capacitors and resistances.
> Peak current can be very high. What is important ia average current.
Peak current determines the voltage under load, it's RMS current rather than 
mean or 'average' that determines the heating effect in the transformer. If I 
remember correctly, transformer RMS current is typically 2-3 x dc current in 
a bridge/capacitor input psu. The psu designer prog. gives you good 
information about what's going on and has accurately diagnosed shortcomings 
in several psus I've looked at.

Steve