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Re: zener diode ques.

8/20/1999 9:12 AM
Stefan
Re: zener diode ques.
quote:
"*If* your rectifier is the two-diode full wave center tap configuration, yes. If it's a bridge, no."
 
 
Isn't there a way to lower the voltage when a bridge rectifier is used. I seem to remember seeing that in one of Kevin O'Connors books. It was just a zener between the rectifier and the first filter cap. Of course you wouldn't be able to use the chassis as a heatsink in this case, but what if you mount the zener on a separate heatsink isolated from the chassis?

 
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R.G. You can mount the zener on the chas... -- 8/20/1999 1:18 PM