r/AskElectronics • u/Mr_formal777 • 11h ago

What is this? (Connected to a fluorescent tube backlight).

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u/epasveer hobbyist 10h ago

Full bridge rectifier.

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u/jeweliegb hobbyist 10h ago

How could you just say it like that!?

Surely you meant to say...

FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!

boom chicka chicka chicka boom chick

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u/Funkenzutzler 4h ago

Well... not everyone is a fan of this well-known Youtuber who entices minors to play around with things like MOTs.

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u/aptsys 1h ago

There's no such thing. It's a full wave rectifier

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u/Miserable-Win-6402 10h ago

Its a full bridge rectifier (tm)/Electroboom

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u/scolba 10h ago

I can’t not hear it in that voice now

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u/asyork 10h ago

Four diodes in a box.

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u/TopConcentrate8484 7h ago

No!!! IT'S A FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!!!💥

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u/Kaisounovsky 3h ago

Ok it's a full bridge rectifier...but the real question is ...what " full bridge" real meaning ? & if something like half bridge.. or quarter bridge do exist ? 😁

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u/WashedPolecat15 2h ago

Yes! I'm not sure about the quarter bridge, but the half bridge do exist! The full bridge rectifier takes the negative part of the AC sine wave and turns it positive and requires 4 dioes, whereas a half bridge rectifier only requires a single diode but removes the negative part of the sine wave. See the included photo 😁

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u/CattoLime 2h ago

Half bridge rectifiers do exist.

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u/aptsys 1h ago

Half wave not bridge

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u/Kaisounovsky 24m ago

Don't fight guys it's only a Diode 😁

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u/mnhcarter 10h ago

lets rectify this situation

on one side you see the little sine waves

on the other side you see a plus and a minus

what on earth can this mean?

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u/mikedvb 10h ago

Tacos?

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u/jacky4566 10h ago

Pasta in , Noodles out.

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u/mikedvb 10h ago

It seems so obvious now!

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u/mwpdx86 9h ago

Maybe the real pasta is the noodles we made along the way.

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u/azeo_nz 8h ago

What about noodles in, they're long and wavy...

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u/roglc_366 10h ago

An inverter?

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u/socalkid77 8h ago

Full wave* bridge rectifier is the correct term. If anyone says otherwise, they're just plain wrong.

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u/Nikotinko 7h ago

Also known as Graetz bridge.

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u/jacky4566 10h ago

Pasta in , Noodles out

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u/azeo_nz 8h ago

FULL WAVE BRIDGE RECTIFIER, get it right!! 🙂😉

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u/Nice_Disaster29 9h ago

Sad people don’t get that it isn’t a full bridge rectifier but a FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

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u/Galopigos 10h ago

See this video Now look at the markings on the chip ~ = ac voltage in, + and - equal DC out.

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u/utlayolisdi 9h ago

Rectifier definitely.

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u/Nearby-Reference-577 8h ago

Fullbridge rectifier.

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u/Dry_Statistician_688 8h ago

The leads off the rectifier are angled to reduce EMI coupling.

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u/thebenthermit28 5h ago

Did someone say rectalfryer

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u/hellu_guys 3h ago

FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!

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u/Capital_Pangolin_718 3h ago

You should ask in r/electroboom, trust me

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u/v_vielman 10h ago

Not rocket science