call me stupid, but do you hook up bridge rectifiers?

cowanrg · 3rd March 2003, 05:23 PM

i just got a couple of bridge rectifiers, and have never used them before, only discreet diodes... how do you wire them? i have attached a picture, i have 2 of them.

dlharmon · 3rd March 2003, 05:25 PM

The pins with the ac symbol need to be connected to the transformer and the + and - are the outputs.

Darrell Harmon

jleaman · 3rd March 2003, 05:27 PM

see the squiggle line that means ac line in the plus sign is positive voltage out. now it goes like this

ac Neg

x

Pos Ac

Accorting to your picture.

across from pos is neg as like this x hope this helps.

cowanrg · 3rd March 2003, 05:29 PM

does it matter which they go to? both are labeled the same, and the others are just + and -.

jleaman · 3rd March 2003, 05:31 PM

ac never has a direction. no it doesnt matter what ones the ac go on. but make sure you dont put the ac on the pos or neg yuoll blow it up. nice big spark lol.

: O ) the pos and neg symbols are dc out. witch would go to your cap bank.

grataku · 3rd March 2003, 05:32 PM

Stupid!

I bought the same bridges from digikey, they are pretty nice, I think.
The connection is like Jason said. Like any other bridge of this kind.
If I am using two separate bridges for + and - I like to keep the transformer coils phase consistent with respect to the rectifier.

cowanrg · 3rd March 2003, 05:34 PM

cool, i got it. i just didnt want to blow it up since i only have 2

yeah, i got mine from all electronics for $1.50 each. not bad i guess.

moe29 · 4th March 2003, 02:16 AM

i always buy extras of everything!!!

saves on postage

3rd March 2003, 05:23 PM	#1
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	call me stupid, but do you hook up bridge rectifiers? i just got a couple of bridge rectifiers, and have never used them before, only discreet diodes... how do you wire them? i have attached a picture, i have 2 of them.

3rd March 2003, 05:25 PM	#2
dlharmon diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: TN, USA	The pins with the ac symbol need to be connected to the transformer and the + and - are the outputs. Darrell Harmon __________________ http://gemini.tntech.edu/~dlh5678

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3rd March 2003, 05:27 PM	#3
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	see the squiggle line that means ac line in the plus sign is positive voltage out. now it goes like this ac Neg x Pos Ac Accorting to your picture. across from pos is neg as like this x hope this helps.

3rd March 2003, 05:29 PM	#4
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	does it matter which they go to? both are labeled the same, and the others are just + and -.

3rd March 2003, 05:31 PM	#5
jleaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2002	ac never has a direction. no it doesnt matter what ones the ac go on. but make sure you dont put the ac on the pos or neg yuoll blow it up. nice big spark lol. : O ) the pos and neg symbols are dc out. witch would go to your cap bank.

3rd March 2003, 05:32 PM	#6
grataku diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: -	Stupid! I bought the same bridges from digikey, they are pretty nice, I think. The connection is like Jason said. Like any other bridge of this kind. If I am using two separate bridges for + and - I like to keep the transformer coils phase consistent with respect to the rectifier.

3rd March 2003, 05:34 PM	#7
cowanrg diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lafayette, CO	cool, i got it. i just didnt want to blow it up since i only have 2 yeah, i got mine from all electronics for $1.50 each. not bad i guess.

4th March 2003, 02:16 AM	#8
moe29 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida	i always buy extras of everything!!! saves on postage

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