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I'm Painting Again
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by I'm Painting Again » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:17 pm
inverseroom wrote:
Electricity people, this is right, right? I just did this to my own Wurli a few months ago...
no you just got 50-50 chance lucky..I learned how its not right by rewiring some film lights for a different grid then blowing up a ton of expensive film lighting bulbs..
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A-Barr
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by A-Barr » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:59 pm
Capacitors convert AC to DC.
Rectifiers convert AC to DC, the caps just help smooth out the DC.
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river
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by river » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:09 pm
Rectifiers convert AC to DC, the caps just help smooth out the DC.
You, sir, are correct.
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jkretz
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by jkretz » Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:36 pm
fixed the ground on the cable and the noise is mostly gone now. strangely enough the vibrato seems to have come back from the dead, and in my opinion it can do no wrong.
here is the pr0n.
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by RefD » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:51 pm
river wrote:Rectifiers convert AC to DC, the caps just help smooth out the DC.
You, sir, are correct.
a bridge rectifier is just 4 diodes wired up a certain way.
you can even roll your own.
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by A-Barr » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:36 am
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Rectifiers convert AC to DC, the caps just help smooth out the DC.
You, sir, are correct.
a bridge rectifier is just 4 diodes wired up a certain way.
you can even roll your own.
A great man once said: "You, sir, are correct."
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