"CJT" wrote in message
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JURB6006 wrote:
Maybe you mean something in the horizontal output section?


No, chopper is sorta slang for the output device in a switched mode
power
supply, or the entire power supply itself.

(unless there are long forks sticking out of the front)

JURB

It seems odd (to me) to re-use a term that already applies to a
different electronic device.


What device? The only electronics I've ever heard "chopper" apply to is the
switching transistor in a SMPS.