Re: CM11A hangup: Any better products?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Balderbash!

At best, you might see dips below the diode voltage drop but only when you
detune the transformer.

Joerg <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello Dave,
>
>>>I certainly had more than that but not over 1Vpp. The diodes won't clip
>>>much at that level.
>>
>> It doesn't matter whether they clip a little or a lot - the positive and
>> negative peaks are still clipped. The point is that "peaking" the signal in
>> the manner you describe is impossible.
>
>It is possible. When the diodes conduct a wee bit you will still have a
>very noticeable increase and decrease when turning the core. Just try it
>out. Only when they do a "hard clip" will that become hard to see.
>
>Regards, Joerg
>
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