Timeline for How to convert AC to DC
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| Mar 12, 2015 at 21:38 | comment | added | user207421 | The inductor should be placed before the diode bridge, not after the regulator. If large enough it can increase the PTX conduction angle to 360 degrees and reduce its output current peaks and valleys to flat. But you lose some voltage. See Radio Designer's Handbook pp. 1162, 1182&ff. | |
| May 20, 2010 at 1:39 | comment | added | Kellenjb | A inductor does resist changes in current, but keep in mind that your circuit may want to change current rapidly. When you change the current needed for the circuit the inductor will have to dump the current somewhere. | |
| Nov 30, 2009 at 15:16 | comment | added | wackyvorlon | Look up things like high pass filters, they take advantage of the fact that inductive reactance increases with frequency, while capacitive reactance decreases. | |
| Nov 19, 2009 at 16:22 | comment | added | Robert Deml | Do you have a web site that describes the choke method? | |
| Nov 19, 2009 at 16:20 | comment | added | Robert Deml | I had a "2*" to compensate for the full bridge. | |
| Nov 19, 2009 at 4:12 | history | answered | bobdole369 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |