Full Wave Rectifier Using LEDs

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Here you can visualize how a full Wave Rectifier splits an A.C. voltage wave in half to get a D.C. output. In reality the single LED would flash at 120 hertz but this app cannot compute the physics.

published 3 years ago

Richardc

3 years ago

If you built this the led would blink at 60hz not 120. The issue isn't the simulator; an FBR with a 60hz input is no problem. The issue is that you have your FBR wired wrong (you have the input and output swapped). A simplified demonstration can be seen here https://everycircuit.com/circuit/4744616269840384

berrygood

1 year ago

I say 120 hertz when the input of a full-wave rectifier is 60 Hertz the output is 120 hertz. The full wave is cut into two half waves with opposite polarities creating 120 flashes of light per second. This circuit is basically a full wave rectifier using LED diodes instead of regular diodes. I ran the strings in a series array to utilize the voltage drop as much as possible to minimize the resistor size as much as possible (aka make the circuit as efficient as possible.) The parallel arrays are to utilize as much current as possible on what would be a 120v 15 amp wall circuit in American homes.

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