Any different between power supply and battery charger?
- Thread starter wkyong
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That depends upon the battery charger and the 'power supply' in question.
Power supplies can be AC or DC, with varying degrees of stabilisation.
Battery chargers may include sensing and control circuitry for use in conjunction with circuitry in the battery, or just battery state sensing.
Or they may simply be rectified AC, with no ripple smoothing at all.
Power supplies can be AC or DC, with varying degrees of stabilisation.
Battery chargers may include sensing and control circuitry for use in conjunction with circuitry in the battery, or just battery state sensing.
Or they may simply be rectified AC, with no ripple smoothing at all.
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thingmaker3
- Joined May 16, 2005
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A "power supply" is just that - it supplies power to some circuit. For example, the battery charger has a power supply in it. The battery charger is a power supply for the battery. The battery is a power supply for something else. I've even used old battery chargers as power supplies for electrochemical etching and electroplating.
