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Hello. I have a question about load current in a rectifier.
I've thought about it a lot, but it just isn't clear to me. When you are trying to figure out the current through the load, in a center tapped full-wave rectifier, do you use the full secondary voltage in the calculation, or do you use just half of it? Also, how do the diode voltage drops figure into this?(silicon diodes with 0.7V barrier potential)
I've thought about it a lot, but it just isn't clear to me. When you are trying to figure out the current through the load, in a center tapped full-wave rectifier, do you use the full secondary voltage in the calculation, or do you use just half of it? Also, how do the diode voltage drops figure into this?(silicon diodes with 0.7V barrier potential)