Andy Wade wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

The cap on the wire sounds like a clever idea.

The rectifier option suffers one basic flaw: the rectifier voltage
drop. At just 1v per diode thats 2v per bridge rec, which is
unacceptable on 12v halogen lights.

I would hesitate to suggest a very small cap after the rectifier to up
the rms, as the psu might well very much object. Maybe - or it might be
ok. The bigger the cap the more the rms v will increase, as it fills in
the lows, so only a very small one would be wanted.


NT