[Bulk] Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:16:46 +0100
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 00:49:07 -0800
> perryh at pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote:  
> >           multitapped
> > 120VAC ==> step-down ==> 6VAC ==> full-wave ==> ~15VDC ==> battery1
> >           transformer             rectifier
> >                   |
> >                   +---> 3VAC ==> full-wave ==> ~7.5VDC ==> battery2
> >                                  rectifier  
> 
> Now I'm confused. The ratio should be around 1.41, the square root of
> 2 "-" 1.5V assumed it's a diode bridge rectifier.
> 
> E.g. 10 VAC * 1,41 = 14,1
> 14,1 - 1,5 = 12,6 VDC  

German writing ;), please replace the ","s with "."s.

> 
> *?*  

My apologies for sending the mail before this one 2 times :(.