Cubyte
Newbie level 2
Hi
Just found this forum today and it looks like you guys know your stuff.
im using the circuit below on 220v
View attachment TRANSFORMERLESS-POWER-SUPPLY.bmp
which is a basic resistor capacitor psu which works fine on 220 volts A/c
however if i try to run it off a phase cut dimmer the safety resistor gets very hot.
my question is can a x2 capacitor run directly off 220v A/C ( being switched on at peak voltage all the time or simply putting it a 220 volt square wave)?
thanks for your help
Just found this forum today and it looks like you guys know your stuff.
im using the circuit below on 220v
View attachment TRANSFORMERLESS-POWER-SUPPLY.bmp
which is a basic resistor capacitor psu which works fine on 220 volts A/c
however if i try to run it off a phase cut dimmer the safety resistor gets very hot.
my question is can a x2 capacitor run directly off 220v A/C ( being switched on at peak voltage all the time or simply putting it a 220 volt square wave)?
thanks for your help