Jim Meissner wrote: > Dear Terry: > > > 1-gallon pickle jars. I am not sure how it would work > > with 220 volts, having no experience, but a half-wave > > AC to DC rectifier would convert 220 to 110, wouldn't > > it? (Comments, electrical types?) > > Your original question was about "half-wave" which is completely different > from "full-wave"! With half wave you get one pulse per cycle and with full > wave you get two pulses per cycle. If you look at it with an oscilloscope, > half wave looks like a mountain peak followed by a valley (zero volts). > With full wave you have two mountain tops with no valley in between. Full > wave produces twice the energy of the half wave. And yes that would measure > about 110 volts on a DC meter. Adding a capacitor will raise that to about > 160 volts DC.
Mostly right, but adding a capacitor would give about 320 volts if there is no load. This is about .6 volt higher than you would get with a full wave rectifier since the current would go through only one rectifier instead of 2. Marshall -- 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]>
