Half Wave Rectifiers – Practical Demonstration | Basic Electronics

Moving from theory to a practical demonstration, we show how a half wave rectifier works in real life. We briefly go over the steps of creating a useable DC power source from transforming the signal, rectifying it, filtering it, and then regulating it. JB built a great guide that gives you the theory and the parts you need to do this demo yourself, check it out on the CircuitBread website – https://www.circuitbread.com/tutorials/half-wave-rectifiers-practical-demonstration

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Table of Contents:
0:00 The reasons why we’d want a half wave rectifier
0:51 The transformer portion of our rectifier circuit.
1:27 The rectifier diode and filtering capacitors.
2:28 Be careful around lines voltage!
3:19 What the unfiltered half wave rectifier output looks like.
3:56 The uselessness of an unfiltered half wave rectifier.
4:49 What the half wave rectifier output looks like when partially filtered.
5:50 The half wave rectifier output with a larger filtering capacitor.
7:23 The inefficiency of a half wave rectifier circuit.

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