Is rectified but not smoothed AC as difficult to switch as smoothed DC?
I would have thought it would be easier to switch than if it were smoothed as the voltage drops to zero.
The reason I ask is that there is a certain model of Beko washing machine. In it the AC that supplies the motor is rectified with a bridge before it is switched by relays and then travels on to the motor.
The relays are 16A AC types and there contacts tend to weld together.
Frank
I would have thought it would be easier to switch than if it were smoothed as the voltage drops to zero.
The reason I ask is that there is a certain model of Beko washing machine. In it the AC that supplies the motor is rectified with a bridge before it is switched by relays and then travels on to the motor.
The relays are 16A AC types and there contacts tend to weld together.
Frank
