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220 VDC to 230 VAC

03/31/2009 2:05 AM

if iam connect a 220v dc light fitting to 230v ac what will happened,

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Re: 220v DC to 230 AC

03/31/2009 2:11 AM

your system will blast

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Re: 220v DC to 230 AC

03/31/2009 3:05 AM

Somewhere between nothing and BANG!

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Re: 220v DC to 230 AC

03/31/2009 3:57 AM

Is it Homework ?

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Re: 220 VDC to 230 VAC

03/31/2009 9:47 AM

If it is a tungsten light , then the illumination would go down, due to the inductive reactance added in AC.If 220VAC lamp connected to 220V DC, your lamp might blow or mcb would trip. But never connect DC to Ac or AC to DC, if it is not specified.

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Re: 220 VDC to 230 VAC

03/31/2009 6:16 PM

starone;could you explain to me how,or why that would happen, what is a tungsten lamp? would 10 volts make a difference? wondering

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Re: 220 VDC to 230 VAC

04/03/2009 7:11 PM

I told, the illumination level would go down(not much), if 220 DC lamp connected in 230V AC due to the inductive reactance added in AC. There is no issue with 10V.

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Re: 220 VDC to 230 VAC

04/01/2009 2:08 AM

If you can see the filament of the lamp (therefore it is an incandescent one), then shouldn't be a problem the 10 V difference. It is less than 5%. I have to remind you that the definition of a 230V ac (sinusoidal, rms) is: the 230Vac (rms) is the ac voltage that produces, on a resistive load, the same caloric effect as a 230Vdc. Also, remember that the 230Vac voltage swings between +320V and -320V with respect to the neutral. If your device is not a lamp, than you might have problems from such a large voltage swing.

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Re: 220 VDC to 230 VAC

10/04/2011 9:39 AM

You are very interesting.

This is the situation. The only available power supply in such space area of installation is 230VDC which is intermittently turned on and off [75% continuously cycling ...] On this space area is a need to power a device drawing a 5A load at 10VDC. Actually I had one...and another one...but they all burnt because they are not designed for the intermittent factor of being turned on and off...24 hours all week...

any advice is a relief...

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