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There should not be significant heat from the diodes.

The capacitors are there to provide the low impedance path for the AC current, and the diodes are there to protect the capacitors from reverse-bias in case of an overload. One could specify larger current capacity diodes. Rectifiers are cheap.

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  • There should not be significant heat from the diodes. - Al Sekela 15:08:38 01/11/08 (0)
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