Sorry in advance for the length here! I am not really high level electrically so bear with me.
In the last week I was working with an old salt that fixes plasma cutters and we were going over a really simple circuit I put together for a filtration device. On this circuit I run stepped down voltage 12V through a bridge rectifier and use the DC signal (10VDC) unfiltered into a DC motor. It works pretty well except for I lose a little voltage across the bridge which I expected. The problem I am having is that the motor drives a fan and a fuel pump in tandem. In order for me to get the right burn ratio I really need to be up around 13.5V on the motor.
After talking to this guy he is telling me that a "bridge will boost voltage by 1.4" and I am not doing it right. He is throwing out these arbitrary numbers with out know the voltages or currents and the problem is he talks directly to my boss who doesn't know much about elex. Not that I know alot either but I have some basic knowledge. He sent my boss this drawing and I am curious how a resistor and two caps wired up this way would boost voltages. I know ohms law is ohms law so if the current stays the same the Voltage would go up if the resistance does but like I said my rectifier is not filtered. I am feeling a little stupid here, and this drawing isn't making sense to me in that components aren't called out. Is it possible to boost the voltage with a couple caps and resistor?
Any help would be appreciated.
In the last week I was working with an old salt that fixes plasma cutters and we were going over a really simple circuit I put together for a filtration device. On this circuit I run stepped down voltage 12V through a bridge rectifier and use the DC signal (10VDC) unfiltered into a DC motor. It works pretty well except for I lose a little voltage across the bridge which I expected. The problem I am having is that the motor drives a fan and a fuel pump in tandem. In order for me to get the right burn ratio I really need to be up around 13.5V on the motor.
After talking to this guy he is telling me that a "bridge will boost voltage by 1.4" and I am not doing it right. He is throwing out these arbitrary numbers with out know the voltages or currents and the problem is he talks directly to my boss who doesn't know much about elex. Not that I know alot either but I have some basic knowledge. He sent my boss this drawing and I am curious how a resistor and two caps wired up this way would boost voltages. I know ohms law is ohms law so if the current stays the same the Voltage would go up if the resistance does but like I said my rectifier is not filtered. I am feeling a little stupid here, and this drawing isn't making sense to me in that components aren't called out. Is it possible to boost the voltage with a couple caps and resistor?
Any help would be appreciated.
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