Direct.Dude

A capacitor and power transistor for sensitive electronics and leave it as-is for other stuff.

Unfortunately I don't know much formulas for calculating. However, I know how inductance works. So if the input is a pure square, the output will be the rated voltage first, then drop a bit, how much depends on the frequency, and when the phase changes it will spike up and then down to 0.

Unfortunately I don't have an oscilloscope. What can I do? Today I measured it again and it read 700VDC and 1KVAC.

So apparently my fly swatter has a capacitor on the output. I measured its lines DC and it read 170VDC. Okay... Now today I was thinking that my shock and the spark was too strong for 170VDC. I measured it at AC and it read 600VAC, and it kept increasing. Can anyone explain to me why this happens and how is it possible to have dc and ac on the same line? Sorry if this is the wrong section.

@studiot it can be transformed Yes, look at my posts above. Either a diode or a different instance (using a transformer). I look at these things, but if the impendance of the transformer is low, this will be too small to be noticeable - plus it'll still be able to be transformed.

At the top, the power through the resistor is (v*a)/2 At the bottom, the power through the resistor is v*a It's the same for wires - they are split in two but the two also have to be half in size.

I mean about RMS. (and surprisingly I found out about it just one day before you posted that comment) Can you please tell me where I am wrong? Thank you. By the way if you want to know why I posted that statement, RMS is just some way of finding a mean for a sine as far as I know. However in a square wave equivalent if it is on 1/2 of the time, its actual power is 1/2 its v*a but connecting them both will power of v*a.

"instead of generating DC directly, the alternator generates AC and bridge-rectifies the outputs. I've been wondering why that's the case." Yeah, I know about that. However, the RMS/wire will be half the actual voltage if I'm right. Because its basically like a 1/2 PWM which means that the only cost that is more is for insulation.

Of course it is very dangerous to touch 340 VDC and don't try it, yes. But 120 VAC is still much more dangerous. You ​can ​touch a bug zapper, though, as its current is very low. Also, I have touched 170 VDC. It doesn't hurt very much. Yes, electricity is very dangerous. Since the electricity is coming half the time, thinner wires can be used which means that its not really a large increase. I'm not sure about that alternator vs dynamo thing, but it is very stupid - instead of generating DC directly, the alternator generates AC and bridge-rectifies the outputs. I've been wondering why that's the case.​

Yes, I am aware of that. However, that is only if the DC passes through him. AC can pass easily due to the capacitance of the human body but DC can't. 340 volts DC hurts much less than 120 volts AC. If you take a bug zapper and touch the inner net and the outer net, you will find out how much 170VDC hurts. And don't even think about doing that with 120VAC.

I forgot one thing for converting it to DC! If you just connect the negatives together it will connect them at all instances, so you either need to generate a new instance using a 1:1 transformer or use diodes on the negatives to prevent interference with devices that need 2 phase instead of 1 phase.

It sure does, although how many overhead power lines do you see with 2 wires? I don't think that really is a disadvantage as the appliances can run off DC and you can connect the negatives together after a diode. It can easily be generated by using one magnet with only one pole at a side (the other pole exists but is "invisible" to the wires) with one coil at the top and one at the bottom, their positives connected together. It can come at any voltage but I think it would be better if it arrives at either 24 volts so normal DC appliances can work easily or at 120, 170, 240 or 370 volts, the current AC volts in use and their corresponding peaks. Thanks for replying

Wrong, it is ​easier ​to convert it into good old DC/AC, like I said above, having a transformer with a primary that has negatives connected at the ends and positive at the middle will convert it to AC and connecting the 2 negatives will convert it to single phase DC This is just one of the advantage. The other advantage is as it is DC, it cannot go through the human body by exploiting capacitance, making it much safer - plus even that dc voltage will be applied half the time unless you hold both negatives together. 2 wires with one at 0 and other at 24 is just plain dc, you cant convert it to ac without complicated circuitry or mechanical inverters and you cant run it directly through a transformer.

There hasn't been snow in my country for years Being on topic, it has 3 wires. When that wave (in my diagram) is at its peak, its at the rated voltage which is more than 0. When its at its lowest, its at 0. If you connect positive to a negative and show it on top and positive to the other negative and show it on the bottom, that will be the result. So if it is a 24VDC 2 phase, it will be 24 at its peak and 0 at its lowest. From positive to negative, it will never be less than 0, so it isn't AC.

"Why bother?" I am a big fan of DC, thats why "Please draw a proper diagram to show what you mean"