Select type of source

Select the source combination you wish to use for transformer and rectifier. The solid state and vacuum tube selections are functionally equivalent, the only difference is the four different types of combination:

  • Half wave gives a very simple half wave rectifier. The rectifier will only conduct on positive cycles.
  • Full wave is the tradional power supply for vacuum tube amplifiers. The voltage and transformer resistance are only for one leg of the transformer. For instance if the off load voltage is 370 and the resistance is 170 ohms, the transformer would give 370-0-370 off load with an end to end resistance of 340 ohms.
  • Bridge is the most popular configuration with solid state amplifiers.
  • Voltage doubler has also been included, sometimes it's desirable to use this for bias or B+ supplies if the transformer voltage is not high enough.
       
      Page last updated 13-February-2017 13:02