Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
mike wrote:
The Revd wrote:
I have a halogen lamp from IKEA with a 120V to 12V transformer.
The rectifier (presumably) has failed and the transformer is
outputting 12V AC instead of 12V DC.

Can I wire in a generic rectifier to the output side to solve the
problem?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Why do you think the rectifier EXISTS?
The lamp doesn't care whether it's ac or dc. At
least the first order effects don't care.
It should be a tiny bit happier with AC.

Probably to reduce the total power to the bulb, to make it less bright. A cheap
way of implementing off/low/high.
OK, but the diode would get shorted on high, so don't think that's the
issue.
AC is present and should light the light.

Geoff.