In Reply to: dropping AC voltage with a capacitor posted by DanK tubes on March 6, 2012 at 13:51:18:
Why not rectify it (about 28vdc) and connect heaters in series? You'll probably need a dropping resistor to get 24VDC (may not be enough extra voltage to regulate at 24VDC...). Or use a switching regulator with 12.6V output... about 90% efficiency.
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- RE: dropping AC voltage with a capacitor - Tom Bavis 03/7/1206:32:01 03/7/12 (1)
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