"Jim Thompson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:22:58 -0400, Tom Biasi
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On 9/27/2012 3:44 PM, Jim Thompson wrote:
AC Cap Dropper DC Power Supply

Anyone know of a clever way to regulate other than the typical
brute-force zener clamp?

...Jim Thompson




A long,long time ago in a place not so far away I used a transformer
made by Sola that had a matched resonant capacitor.

Tom

Will it fit in 1" x 1" ?:-)

No, but that VR method marches on (for select applications).
http://www.generaltransformer.com/tr...ansformers.htm