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Offline CapernicusTopic starter

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will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« on: April 13, 2022, 02:41:53 pm »
I have some diodes, I could set it up -  but does someone think if it will or not?
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Offline eugene

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Re: will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2022, 02:50:42 pm »
Do you mean a storage/smoothing cap on the DC side of the bridge? Only a minuscule leakage current will discharge the caps.
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Offline BeBuLamar

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Re: will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2022, 02:52:47 pm »
It certainly would if you connect it in forward bias. If you use the the bridge to retifiy an AC voltage source and then using the capacitor to filter out the ripple then no it won't dischage back to the source.
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Offline Gyro

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Re: will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2022, 04:05:36 pm »
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Re: will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2022, 08:40:26 pm »
@Capernicus, have you asked aetherist about this?
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Offline CapernicusTopic starter

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Re: will a capacitor discharge through a diode bridge?
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2022, 02:12:06 am »
sorry I dont know how to ask this question properly,  I tried to delete this and it came back by accident.

Thanks everyone for being nice and helpful,    but I need to think about this before I pose the question again...
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