[Amps] PS Theory ?

[rlm]

>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. 

***   Peak-I is typically 8 to 10 times the DC output-I in a FWB C-input 
config.

>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
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