Stu, Continuing from message: I have drawn a circuit for you that show the basic connection for your equipment with the meter hocked on. With the switch you choose current or voltage reading. Current is measured over the shunt (resistor voltage drop) and the voltage across the terminals pos and neg. Ante ::)
Kasamiko, If you have the freezer motor running normally there should not be a problem with the time to cool your freezer? Are you sure it takes longer time than normal? There must be something else wrong with your freezer. One thing comes to mind: does this thing delay for 5 min every time the thermostat is about to switch on the freezer? Ante ::)
EIST, The alternative to a second transformer is to put some turns of insulated wire on top of your transformer winding. I have done this on several occasions when I needed an extra output. It can be tight sometimes, but you don
Hi Steven, The [glow=red,2,300]2SD879[/glow] = 2SC3226, 2SC3671, 2SC4482, [glow=red,2,300]2SD965[/glow] As far as I can see they are the same, can this be correct? Ante ::)
audioguru, About the circuit; I have seen a very similar circuit many years ago. It was a circuit I once repaired that where made for the purpose of running your electric razor in the car. I remember the transistors were AD149 and the caps where un polarized type like the ones you use for speaker cross over filters, maybe they had un polarized caps for a reason? They perhaps figured out that the polarity is changing in the circuit and that standard electrolytics is not the way to go? Ante ::)
MP, With all respect; in the inverter a short never occur because there is a transformer winding in series, which is the resistance. The winding is an inductor so it has a time constant and it opposes to a change in current, this prevents a short. This phenomena is what we use in a converter. I am very happy that our opinions are getting closer! ;D Ante ::)
MP, The gif files is the smallest type of picture files that I know of. They can be very small if you only use black & white witch in most cases is good for circuits. Anything with less than 256 colours will be small. Ante ::)
Yes if you use a resistor in front of the Zener, but it will be dangerous to touch any of the parts or the parts in anything you supply from this circuit! Ante ::)