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Making a Full Bridge Rectifier

ElectroBOOM · 6.1M views · 2015-03-05 · 4:15

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Overview

ElectroBOOM's Mehdi Sadaghdar explains how a full bridge rectifier works, the building block of AC to DC converters, with his usual humor and a demonstration of the circuit.

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Recommended as an enlightening and funny explanation of bridge rectifiers, often linked in power supply teardown threads.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2016–2021

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Electronics & circuit design
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What people said

lazyweb · 2021-05 · Strong recommendation

> 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] [VIDEO] I just knew which video is linked without clicking. ElectroBOOM is a treasure.

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pivo · 2016-08 · Recommendation

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. [VIDEO]

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jklp · 2016-04 · Recommendation

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 :) [VIDEO]

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