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Making a Full Bridge Rectifier

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  • Recommended by 3 people: 3 on Hacker News.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2016 to 2021.
  • Presented by Mehdi Sadaghdar, creator of ElectroBOOM

Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

6M views11 years ago3 recommendations

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Mehdi Sadaghdar explains and demonstrates how a full bridge rectifier converts alternating current to direct current.

A full bridge rectifier is one of the main building blocks of AC to DC converters. You can read my articles here: electroboom.com/?p=544 Follow me on Facebook: facebook.com/ElectroBOOM Support ElectroBOOM at Patreon: patreon.com/electroboom Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/ElectroBOOMGuy By: Mehdi Sadaghdar

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3 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as an entertaining and clear explanation of how bridge rectifiers convert AC to DC.

lazywebon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Teardown of a PC Power Supply”

> The 60-Hertz AC (alternating current) from the wall oscillates 60 times a second, but the power supply needs steady DC (direct current) that flows in one direction. The full-bridge rectifier 1 below converts the AC to DC. 1 link to this video I just knew which video is linked without clicking. ElectroBOOM is a treasure.
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jklpon Hacker News • Recommends

On “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”

Not sure if HN knows about Mehdi Sadaghdar's (aka ElectroBOOM's) YouTube channel, which is somewhat similar - but takes a more lighthearted view on electronics. E.g. Compare Big Clive's mention of a full bridge rectifier in the video vs Mehdi's YouTube video of the same thing :) link to this video
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pivoon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Macbook charger teardown: Complexity inside Apple's power adapter (2015)”

The linked video of how bridge rectifier works is enlightening, funny and terrifying. Makes me glad I'm a software developer and not an electrical engineer so I'm in no danger of killing myself if I miscalculate. link to this video
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