Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Running 120V AC equipment off 240V AC.
Message-ID: <1988Feb20.184127.16115@utzoo.uucp>
Keywords: step-down transformer, resistive/inductive loads ohms-law
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <204@unh.UUCP> <4591@ecsvax.UUCP>, <2893@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 20-Feb-88 18:41:24 EST

@#%$%@#!  You're right, Wolfgang, just a rectifier wouldn't do it.  I was
probably half-remembering an SCR-based circuit.  Apologies to all.  In any
case it doesn't alter the conclusion:  the non-transformer converters work
only for things that don't care about waveform.
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