So i have this moped, which i'm fully converting to DC voltage.
Originally, everything was powerred by AC voltage (lights, siren, etc..) but in effort to modernise and add digital gauges, i've decided to rectify AC input to DC and power everything this way.
Without any regulation, it produces 10-40VAC (idle to max rpm).
Now my plan was to use a full bridge rectifier and convert whatever it spits out to 12VDC using this
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002295226200.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.0.0.7b461802j3KKmZ 13-60V version.
Theoretically, this should work fine (40V*1.41=~56,4V). But in practise, i've notice i'm getting more than double the voltage on the DC side of the rectifier, even though measured AC voltage is half (for 10VAC i get ~20-22VDC).
What am i missing here? Would a smoothing capacitor help ?
Could secondary ignition winding cause issues (this setup has one low voltage winding for lights and one high voltage for ignition).