[R-390] Exhumation of dead horse...

[Heinz und Hannelore Breuer]

rbethman wrote:
> 
>     If 26 VAC is passed through a diode, then 26 VDC comes out - BUT only
> half the time that the 26 VAC did.  The waveform is still sinusoidal in
> shape, just missing the other half of the complete cycle.  Whatever voltage
> drop occurs is caused only by the ohmic losses of the junction of the diode.
> That is unless you put in a Zener diode.  Then we have an entirely different
> animal.
> 


The sinusoidal waveform will be distorted due to the diode forward
voltage drop of 0.7 V.

The dead horse is stinking worse every day. 

73
Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT