[Amps] Filter Capacitors

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 4/12/2012 11:47 PM, TexasRF at aol.com wrote:
> Oops, make the connected/disconnected 33 degrees connected and 57 + 90 
> = 147 degrees disconnected during the half cycle.

Yup!  each half cycle in full wave?

73

Roger (K8RI)

> 73/K5GW
> In a message dated 4/12/2012 10:43:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
> TexasRF at aol.com writes:
>
>     Roger, the transformer only delivers current during the time the
>     transformer voltage is greater than the plate voltage. The
>     rectifiers disconnect  the
>     transformer when it's voltage falls below the plate voltage. After
>     the
>     peak,  the filter C is fully charged and the rectifiers disconnect
>     the
>     transformer.
>