Timeline for Transforming bike dynamo output to reduce diode bridge loss ratio
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| Mar 15, 2021 at 10:51 | vote | accept | Milos | ||
| Mar 15, 2021 at 9:08 | comment | added | Whit3rd | @Milos - yes, the capacitors are depicted as nonpolarized, but would be electrolytics with polarity (the (-) ends go, C2 to generator, C1 to GND). The losses in them, at these currents, are minimal. More voltage than you need, though, will show up on output (a stepdown buck regulator would have to precede a TP4056, for instance). | |
| Mar 15, 2021 at 5:46 | comment | added | Milos | This seems like a good option, what is the type of those capacitors? They look non-polarized but their millifarad capacity seems large, in the electrolytic range? | |
| Mar 15, 2021 at 1:26 | history | answered | Whit3rd | CC BY-SA 4.0 |