The UK Home Automation Archive

Archive Home
Group Home
Search Archive


Advanced Search

The UKHA-ARCHIVE IS CEASING OPERATIONS 31 DEC 2024

Latest message you have seen: Fibre broadband install


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: How to work out what type of power generator?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: How to work out what type of power generator?
  • From: "David Buckley" <db@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:38:36 -0000
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "John Benfield" <yahoo@b...> wrote:
> to about
> the 220v mark. Strangely enough the PC doesn't seem to care what
> the voltage
> is.
>
> JB

PCs (and indeed anything with a Switched Mode Power Supply) will run
on anything.  The way they work is that they rectify the incoming
juice to DC, and then switch that into a transformer at something
over 20KHz.

So, DC, or any AC frequency high enough so that the internal caps
dont discharge (probably > 40Hz in reality) will do.



Home | Main Index | Thread Index

Comments to the Webmaster are always welcomed, please use this contact form . Note that as this site is a mailing list archive, the Webmaster has no control over the contents of the messages. Comments about message content should be directed to the relevant mailing list.