02-05-2014, 11:50 AM
Jerry
if the rectifier is shorted from A to K, it does not need to heat up and due to the AC going right through and shorting via the first electrolytic AND the second electrolytic which will act even not quite like a cap due to the voltage being AC it might deliver a large current via the 60 and 59 resistors, with most power disspated across 60.
This is why we are asking, if the smoking occures almost immediately or the rectifier has to warm up first.
if the rectifier is shorted from A to K, it does not need to heat up and due to the AC going right through and shorting via the first electrolytic AND the second electrolytic which will act even not quite like a cap due to the voltage being AC it might deliver a large current via the 60 and 59 resistors, with most power disspated across 60.
This is why we are asking, if the smoking occures almost immediately or the rectifier has to warm up first.
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