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Voltage doubler or not?

I got a quick question! Is the circuit depicted in the link indeed a voltage doubler or is it just a bridge rectifier with smoothing capacitors?
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Can I use more diodes to reduce the voltage off a diode bridge?

I have a transformer labeled as providing 9Vac, 3.36 A. It appears to provide 9.4 v ac according to my multimeter. It runs through a diode bridge (WAB 040 diodes -- already fried the last version), ...
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Center tap split supply question

Lest's say that I have the following setup: a split supply (using two voltage regulators: a positive and a negative one) connected to a center tapped transformer (12-0-12). The output of the ...
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if a standard three-phase 400V AC connection is rectified what DC voltage comes out of it?

If a standard (in Europe and a large part of the world except North America and Japan) three-phase 400V AC (three lines having 230V RMS voltage if measured to neutral each) mains supply is rectified ...