09-16-2010, 03:04 PM
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Officially Welcomed to the 'Fest
Location: Albany NY
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,283
Mein Auto: 530I/5SC 97-528/5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebee
oooooh. Nice. Thanks cn90.
FWIW ... I took college physics years ago too!
So, for newbies ... from memory of college courses ...
Voltage regulator ... regulates the voltage (presumably to ~14 1/2 volts or whatever it's set at).
Rectifier... changes the DC to AC (generally with diodes in a full-wave configuration, maybe wheatstone bridge).
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Bluebee, You mean rectifier converts AC to DC right!
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