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![]() The idea behind http://www.gigawatts.nl/co/projects/...bel/switch.jpg is the same as the PC PSUs: you close a connection and it works on 115Vac, you open it and plug the PSU into 230V. And if you go as in http://www.idesignz.org/misc/Simple%...tage%20PSU.pdf you're right that the full-wave center-tap mode does not make full use of the transformer copper (by the way, just adding an electrolytic on the center-tap in place of the switch you can have the two output voltages simultaneously). It's unavoidable, unless wou have two independent secondaries, of course: put both in series or both in parallel. But if you are looking for having two different output voltages (not same DC voltage with 115 or 230 mains), and want to make the best use of your electrolytics (specially if they are big ones), you should need a means to put them in parallel for the low setting, and series for the high. I did it with a DPDT non-shortcircuiting switch. No center-tap (becomes a full-wave doubler as in the gigawatts link). If you are interested I will gladly send it to your address, but you can help me and the Group if you can suggest a convenient way to post files somewhere (not a volatile place such as rapidshare). |
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