by Luc » Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:47 am
The battery is the rectifier, converting from AC to DC. A regulator is a current or voltage limiting device that "regulates" within the specifications of the sinusoidal wave, etc., so that you will get clean signal within that range. Otherwise, signal saturation to over-saturation may occur that produces spikes that may damage the electronics.
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