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Can you run 12 volt DC adapter equipment with a 12 volt transformer?
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∙ 11y ago
The output of a 12 volt transformer is an alternating current (AC). Your adapter is a 12 volt transformer but it has a built in half wave or, more expensive ones, a full wave bridge rectifier. What this rectifier does is change AC to DC. Bridge rectifiers are cheap to purchase. Connect it to the output of the 12 volt transformer and you will get a DC voltage. Great little project.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt depends on the appliance - some can operate succesfully on lower voltages, you would need to check the specifactions.
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∙ 14y agodepends on the battery and the device but most automobile devises will handle up to 14.4 volts at their ease most car battery's are always charged to over 13.6 volts
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