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Old 4th Sep 2019, 10:32 pm   #14
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Default Re: Solid State Vibrators -v- Inverters ?

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Originally Posted by Ed_Dinning View Post
Hi Bazz, an electrically quieter but slightly larger solution would be to use a small 50Hz transformer to say, 30v and then a voltage multiplier (diodes and caps) to give your 150v.

Ed
That's an interesting insight. If, for the moment, I just want this unit to power a GDO, I'm guessing that RFI is not a key issue, as it might be for a receiver? For sure, the leads in and out would benefit by some basic filtering, but hopefully, there should be a need to do more than that?

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