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    This document describes a transformerless power supply circuit that provides 12V output but warns it is dangerous due to high voltages. It cautions that only experienced users should attempt to build it and notes the output is still 12V above earth potential even though it reads 12V. The circuit uses capacitors instead of a transformer to provide power and can supply up to 20mA but warns not to modify it to provide more current.

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    This document describes a transformerless power supply circuit that provides 12V output but warns it is dangerous due to high voltages. It cautions that only experienced users should attempt to build it and notes the output is still 12V above earth potential even though it reads 12V. The circuit uses capacitors instead of a transformer to provide power and can supply up to 20mA but warns not to modify it to provide more current.

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    This document describes a transformerless power supply circuit that provides 12V output but warns it is dangerous due to high voltages. It cautions that only experienced users should attempt to build it and notes the output is still 12V above earth potential even though it reads 12V. The circuit uses capacitors instead of a transformer to provide power and can supply up to 20mA but warns not to modify it to provide more current.

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    This document describes a transformerless power supply circuit that provides 12V output but warns it is dangerous due to high voltages. It cautions that only experienced users should attempt to build it and notes the output is still 12V above earth potential even though it reads 12V. The circuit uses capacitors instead of a transformer to provide power and can supply up to 20mA but warns not to modify it to provide more current.

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    Transformerless Power Supply


    Circuit :Ron J
    Email Ron

    Web-masters Note:

    I have had several requests for a power supply project without using a power supply. This can save the
    expense of buying a transformer, but presents potentially lethal voltages at the output terminals.Under
    no circumstances should a beginner attempt to build such a project. Please also read the Disclaimer on
    this site.

    Important Notice:

    Electric Shock Hazard. In the UK,the neutral wire is connected to earth at the power station. If you
    touch the "Live" wire, then depending on how well earthed you are, you form a conductive path
    between Live and Neutral. DO NOT TOUCH the output of this power supply. Whilst the output of this
    circuit sits innocently at 12V with respect to (wrt) the other terminal, it is also 12V above earth potential.
    Should a component fail then either terminal will become a potential shock hazard.

    Below is a project by Ron J, please heed the caution above and Ron's design notes.

    MAINS ELECTRICITY IS VERY


    DANGEROUS.

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    If you are not experienced in dealing with it, then leave this project alone.Although Mains equipment can itself
    consume a lot of current, the circuits we build to control it, usually only require a few milliamps.
    Yet the low voltage power supply is frequently the largest part of the construction and a sizeable portion
    of the cost. This circuit will supply up to about 20ma at 12 volts. It uses capacitive reactance instead of
    resistance; and it doesn't generate very much heat.The circuit draws about 30ma AC. Always use a fuse and/or a
    fusible resistor to be on the safe side. The values given are only a guide.
    There should be more than enough power available for timers, light operated switches, temperature controllers etc,
    provided that you use an optical isolator as your circuit's output device. (E.g. MOC 3010/3020) If a relay is
    unavoidable, use one with a mains voltage coil and switch the coil using the optical isolator.C1 should be of the
    'suppressor type'; made to be connected directly across the incoming Mains Supply. They are generally covered
    with the logos of several different Safety Standards Authorities.
    If you need more current, use a larger value capacitor; or put two in parallel; but be careful of what you are
    doing to the Watts.The low voltage 'AC' is supplied by ZD1 and ZD2.
    The bridge rectifier can be any of the small 'Round', 'In-line', or 'DIL' types; or you could use four separate diodes. If
    you want to, you can replace R2 and ZD3 with a 78 Series regulator. The full sized ones will work; but if space is
    tight, there are some small 100ma versions available in TO 92 type cases.
    They look like a BC 547. It is also worth noting that many small circuits will work with an unregulated supply. You
    can, of course, alter any or all of the Zenner diodes in order to produce a different output voltage. As for the mains
    voltage, the suggestion regarding the 110v version is just that, a suggestion.
    I haven't built it, so be prepared to experiment a little.I get a lot of emails asking if this power supply can be
    modified to provide currents of anything up to 50 amps. It cannot. The circuit was designed to provide a cheap
    compact power supply for Cmos logic circuits that require only a few milliamps.
    The logic circuits were then used to control mains equipment (fans, lights, heaters etc.) through an optically
    isolated triac. If more than 20mA is required it is possible to increase C1 to 0.68uF or 1uF and thus obtain a
    current of up to about 40mA. But 'suppressor type' capacitors are relatively big and more expensive than regular
    capacitors; and increasing the current means that higher wattage resistors and zener diodes are required.
    If you try to produce more than about 40mA the circuit will no longer be cheap and compact, and it simply makes
    more sense to use a transformer.

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