Thanks Altitude, always so eloquentAltitude wrote:Both set ups take an low voltage AC and convert it to DC. The difference between half and full wave rectified supplies is that the full wave has better ripple characteristics but requires a transformer secondary with a center tap. Those are generally only seen in internal transformers, external AC-AC bricks dont have a center tap.hofmann25 wrote:Also what is the benefit of changing the PSU into a full wave bridge/Full wave Rectifier (removing D1&2)?
Does this turn the PSU into DC?
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Ok so knocked up 2 options (Using the NAVA PSU [if these posts need to be moved to the NAVA Hardware thread a moderator could do it. I don't know how, Either way it'll work on both right?]).
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The probably have mistakes
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And maybe there are two people who have tried one of each?
So the first option is better because it has 'better ripple characteristics'?
Full Wave Bridge & Loop Breaker?
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Full Wave Rectifier & Loop Breaker ?
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jeroenbvo wrote this but I'm still not 100%
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-The rectification efficiency of full-wave rectifier is double of that of a half-wave rectifier.
-The ripple voltage is low and of higher frequency in case of full-wave rectifier so simple filtering circuit is required.
-Higher output voltage, higher output power and higher Transformer Utilization Factor (TUF) in case of a full-wave rectifier.
-In a full-wave rectifier, there is no problem due to dc saturation of the core because the dc current in the two halves of the two halves of the transformer secondary flow in opposite directions.
Thanks
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