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12volt Transformerless Power Supply Circuit

This circuit provides a 12 volt, 30mA power supply without a transformer. It is suitable for low-power applications where cost and size are priorities, but there is no isolation between the low and high voltage inputs. The unregulated DC voltage from the rectifier is filtered by a capacitor and regulated to 12 volts by a zener diode. The output voltage remains constant as long as the output current is lower than the input current, which is determined by the input AC voltage and resistor and capacitor components.

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12volt Transformerless Power Supply Circuit

This circuit provides a 12 volt, 30mA power supply without a transformer. It is suitable for low-power applications where cost and size are priorities, but there is no isolation between the low and high voltage inputs. The unregulated DC voltage from the rectifier is filtered by a capacitor and regulated to 12 volts by a zener diode. The output voltage remains constant as long as the output current is lower than the input current, which is determined by the input AC voltage and resistor and capacitor components.

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12Volt Transformerless Power Supply Circuit

Transformerless Power Supply Circuit


Warning: There is no isolation between low and high voltage from wall receptacle in this type of
DC power supply, so you have to be very careful when experimenting or work with this circuit.
This power supply is suitable when designing for application that requires low power and where
cost and size are of great consideration as expensive and bulky transformer is eliminated in this
type power supply.
All the components in this circuit are sized so that the circuit can deliver 12 volt and
30mA of current at the output to the load. The ripples in the voltage from the rectifier
is filtered by capacitor C2 while zener diode ZD regulates the voltage to produce 12
volt. The output voltage will remain constant as long as the output current is not more
than the input current. The input current is determined by AC voltage input, capacitor
C1, resistor R1 and R2. R2 also perform an important task of limiting the inrush
current.

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