In the US it's more complicated. A UL recognized X capacitor can have a rating in VAC, with an actual DC breakdown voltage four times that.
But normally yes, for the rectified side the voltage rating needs to be greater than 230 * 1.414 * 1.2 = 390V. At the end of the day though, I'm certain it's not CE marked, and therefore not legal to sell in Europe. But if it works maybe some people want to take that risk. Ryan On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Francesco Potortì <[email protected]> wrote: > Ryan Press: >>It says on the bulb: "120V 60/50hz 12W" I have asked someone on YouTube >>who did a teardown of this bulb and he says the capacitors on the input are >>rated for 250V. > > Then it's for 120V only. At the bare minimum, a 230V capacitor should > be rated 400V. And even if the capacitors were robust enough, I would > not bet on the other components. > > -- > Francesco Potortì (ricercatore) Voice: +39.050.621.3058 > ISTI - Area della ricerca CNR Mobile: +39.348.8283.107 > via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa Skype: wnlabisti > (entrance 20, 1st floor, room C71) Web: http://fly.isti.cnr.it > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://zb4osgi.aaloa.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://zb4osgi.aaloa.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
