From: dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au   
      
   On 20/05/14 07:06, Ian Field wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Daniel"  wrote in message   
   > news:c5r5v.119995$nm4.52762@fx27.iad...   
   >> On 22/04/14 04:26, Uncle Peter wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:22:39 +0100, Daniel    
   >>> wrote:   
      
      
      
   >>> But surely if it's not adjusted, then it's overcompensating when the   
   >>> supply is not fully loaded.   
   >>   
   >> No, in a Switched Mode Power Supply, as the load varies, it is   
   >> *Switched On* for more of less of the Alternating Cycle. If the   
   >> supply's output (Current/Voltage) is falling below the required   
   >> (Current/Voltage), the Switching element/transistor is switched on for   
   >> more of the input cycle, not the input voltage!!   
   >   
   > You must be thinking of the thyristor buck regulators in 80s colour   
   > tellies.   
      
   T.V.'s were never my thing, so when you say "thyristor buck regulators",   
   I say, "What you talking'bout, Willis?!?!" (from American T.V. sit-com   
   from about the eighties!!)   
      
   Daniel   
      
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