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ColinB · 10th Jun 2019, 1:41 pm

I'm puzzled by the two bridge rectifier circuits in parallel, would this be done for higher current handling ability?

Seems dodgy to me, surely the one that gives the higher output voltage will end up supplying most of the current, and be over loaded anyway?

10th Jun 2019, 1:41 pm	#13
ColinB Heptode Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Newton Abbot, Devon, UK. Posts: 761	Re: Modding a 24V PSU to 12V. I'm puzzled by the two bridge rectifier circuits in parallel, would this be done for higher current handling ability? Seems dodgy to me, surely the one that gives the higher output voltage will end up supplying most of the current, and be over loaded anyway?