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Re: Lower voltage diode the other side of a step up transformer?

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From: cla...@snyder.on.ca (Clare Snyder)
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Subject: Re: Lower voltage diode the other side of a step up transformer?
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:14:16 -0500
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by: Clare Snyder - Tue, 28 Feb 2023 06:14 UTC

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:36:55 +0000, Max Demian
<max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>On 26/02/2023 09:45, Commander Kinsey wrote:
>
>> Can I put a diode BEFORE a step up transformer so I can use a lower
>> voltage diode for half wave rectification?
>
>No, the transformer will turn it back into AC. It responds to /changes/
>of current and a half wave will go up and then down resulting in +ve and
>-ve from the secondary.
I find it REALLY hard to believe anyone can be as clueless as Kinsey
and still manage to breathe on his own - - - Not just this thread -
but EVERY BLINKIN' ONE!!!!

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