Making a Full Bridge Rectifier on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2016–2021.
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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.
Recommended as an enlightening and funny explanation of bridge rectifiers, often linked in power supply teardown threads.
“The linked video of how bridge rectifier works is enlightening, funny and terrifying.”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
> 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] ▶ this video I just knew which video is linked without clicking. ElectroBOOM is a treasure.
in “Teardown of a PC Power Supply” · View on HN
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. ▶ this video
in “Macbook charger teardown: Complexity inside Apple's power adapter (2015)” · View on HN
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 :) ▶ this video
in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack” · View on HN