Re: Tell me about your lab

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Patrik <patrikd@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 11:33 pm, Jonathan Cline <jncl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The circuit in the link above will perform OK since the
>> rectifier is stated as "<0.2 amp".  That is low to OK.  Smaller power
>> consumption for average electrophoresis boxes is in the range
>> 40W - 60W as previously discussed on this group (do a search)
>> and larger supplies seem to be about 200W (apparently overkill).
>> The circuit yields full wave rectified output, not PWM output
>
> Actually, since he's using a dimmer to regulate the voltage, you do
> get a pulse-width modulation of the sinusoidal wave, which is then
> full-wave rectified. Essentially, the dimmer chops out part of the
> sinusoidal wave:
>
> http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/LutronDimmingBasics.pdf
>
> You should be able to find dimmers, fuses, and rectifiers for up to
> 100W fairly easily, if 40W isn't enough. Of course, the output voltage
> with this circuit will be limited by the line voltage, ~110V RMS in
> the US.
>

You can voltage multiply at the expense of max current right? Its not
immediately apparent how these work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier

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