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From: jcallen@Encore.COM (Jerry Callen)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Bullshit, or NOT? AC line problems.
Message-ID: <14050@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 91 19:41:53 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.005045.388@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu> <2470012@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Reply-To: jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <2470012@hp-vcd.HP.COM> johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
>Todays switching supplies are superior in size,cost and efficiency
>but are lousy as loads. They act as negative resistance by drawing
>more current as the voltage decreases and tend to only draw current
>during the peak times of the AC cycle.

Wait a sec - isn't it true that ALL power supplies, once past the initial
power-on state, only draw current during the peaks in the AC cycle?
The filter caps will only draw current when the voltage out of the 
bridge is greater than the voltage on the cap, right?

-- Jerry Callen
   jcallen@encore.com