The stated line voltage is an RMS value. [root means squared] For instance, some AC to AC adapters at 24 volts will give over 100 volts of peak to peak voltage. The small one I use puts out 81 volts peak to peak [measured on occiloscope] but only 33 volts RMS AC..as measured by a meter. Ken
At 03:26 PM 10/15/01 -0400, you wrote: >"Half wave rectifiying 110 volts AC will give you >about 154 volts peak DC. With 220 volts you will get >about 308 volts peak DC." > >Hold on a minute here, I am not an electrical >technician, but my understanding of the juice goes >like this. A sine wave AC electrical current has 2 >halves, the top half, which looks like the top half of >a circle, and the bottom half of the circle, like an S >on it's it's side, with a line horizontally through >the middle. A half-wave rectifier, as I understand it, >keeps the electricity from reversing the direction of >the flow, cutting off the bottom half cirlce, and >making, functionally, a pulsating DC current, which, >for brewing CS, appears to make a good CS (for me it >does). > >I am at a loss to understand how then a particular >voltage would be increased by a rectifier. > > >Comments, anyone? > >Terry Chamberlin > > >_______________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
