Re: Question on Power Supply

> Well, 50V x 1.4 = 70V.
>
> 50V x 1.414 = 70.7V.
>
> Proably insignificant for most purposes.
>
> So people use the "easy" number instead of doing the extra math fro

> decimal places..
>
> That's my theory.

>
> Now, as far as the tootsie pop, I'll let Jan take that one........:)
>
> Andy Wander
> Verrex Corporation
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jymmm [mailto:jymmm@y...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:27 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Question on Power Supply
>
> Jan,
>
> I screwed up, the mind is a terrrible thing to waste =)
>
> Ok, smarty pants...
> How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?!?!?!
> huh? huh? huh? Inquiring minds want to know =)
>
> In other words, where does the 1.400 come from that folks seem to use?
>
> Jim...
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, JanRwl@A... wrote:
> >> The difference from 1.414 and 1.400 is the 0.07 (fwd) voltage drop
> >> across the diodes in the bridge rectifier: 1.414 - (0.07 * 2) =
> >>1.400
> >
> > NOT!