MrWizard wrote:
Where do you get the 2.82 from
Ever measure a120v source
It's 60v each half of the sine wave Not 120v
It's 120v rms of the complete sine wave, peak to peak is the whole sine wave Not one half
It's 1.4x of the complete sine wave there is No 2.82 , No 340v
Your using voltage Doubleler math
Simple half wave rectification does not produce voltage doubling
Sorry, I missinterperted your use of the term "peak to peak". In my experience it was, I thought, a term used to express the upper (+) and lower (-) limit of an AC waveform.