Talk:Rectifier

message: === Reservoir capacitor → Rectifier#Rectifier smoothing filter ===
Reservoir capacitor has been tagged to merge with the section of this article  Rectifier#Rectifier smoothing filter.  I am not the nominator, so my fan club can relax. However, there was no discussion section created for this proposed merge, so here it is. --Wtshymanski (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see. It says "In its simplest form this can be just a capacitor (also called a filter, reservoir, or smoothing capacitor)". I missed that earlier. wbm1058 (talk) 23:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

text: The lead of Filter capacitor says: "Filter capacitors are not the same as reservoir capacitors, the tasks the two perform are different, albeit related." – i.e. different applications of capacitors. wbm1058 (talk) 00:18, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

text: This edit makes no sense to me: "The reservoir filter capacitor releases its stored energy during the part of the AC cycle when the AC source does not supply any power, that is, when the AC source changes its direction of flow of current." Common sense meanings of the words – a reservoir stores energy, not a filter. A filter separates undesired "B" from a mixture of "A" and "B" to give you the desired pure "A". wbm1058 (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

text: My view is that the Capacitor article is too large (at 99.8kb), and that a better target would therefore be a more specific article: Applications of capacitors. Klbrain (talk) 14:31, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, that would be better. --ChetvornoTALK 21:07, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Switched the templates to reflect this. Klbrain (talk) 08:37, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I support merging into Applications of capacitors.  A bit confusing that this discussion is here, though.--Theodore Kloba (☎) 19:19, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

text:  I'm not sure why you're opposing the merge of an unreferenced article which duplicates the content of Applications of capacitors. As you know, there is an important distinction between what can be done, and what should be done, and the top 2 reasons for a merge are duplication and overlap. Given the content I therefore maintain my support for either merging to Applications of capacitors or simply deleting and redirecting the title to Rectifier. Klbrain (talk) 08:31, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I replaced the merge template with a hatnote. A bit annoyed at the merge-tag-bombing here, with no followup by the proposer. More care should be taken with merging technical content. wbm1058 (talk) 10:42, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposals November 2017

message: Reservoir capacitor has been tagged to merge with the section of this article  Rectifier#Rectifier smoothing filter.  I am not the nominator, so my fan club can relax. However, there was no discussion section created for this proposed merge, so here it is. --Wtshymanski (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see. It says "In its simplest form this can be just a capacitor (also called a filter, reservoir, or smoothing capacitor)". I missed that earlier. wbm1058 (talk) 23:54, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

text: The lead of Filter capacitor says: "Filter capacitors are not the same as reservoir capacitors, the tasks the two perform are different, albeit related." – i.e. different applications of capacitors. wbm1058 (talk) 00:18, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

text: This edit makes no sense to me: "The reservoir filter capacitor releases its stored energy during the part of the AC cycle when the AC source does not supply any power, that is, when the AC source changes its direction of flow of current." Common sense meanings of the words – a reservoir stores energy, not a filter. A filter separates undesired "B" from a mixture of "A" and "B" to give you the desired pure "A". wbm1058 (talk) 00:48, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reservoir capacitor → Rectifier#Rectifier smoothing filter 

message: Filter capacitor has been tagged to merge with Rectifier#Rectifier output smoothing, with the nominator's comment "Unsourced junk article, along with Reservoir capacitor.  I am not the nominator but I'm starting the discussion section which was not created when the article was tagged. --Wtshymanski (talk) 20:04, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: My view is that the Capacitor article is too large (at 99.8kb), and that a better target would therefore be a more specific article: Applications of capacitors. Klbrain (talk) 14:31, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, that would be better. --ChetvornoTALK 21:07, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Switched the templates to reflect this. Klbrain (talk) 08:37, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I support merging into Applications of capacitors.  A bit confusing that this discussion is here, though.--Theodore Kloba (☎) 19:19, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

text:  I'm not sure why you're opposing the merge of an unreferenced article which duplicates the content of Applications of capacitors. As you know, there is an important distinction between what can be done, and what should be done, and the top 2 reasons for a merge are duplication and overlap. Given the content I therefore maintain my support for either merging to Applications of capacitors or simply deleting and redirecting the title to Rectifier. Klbrain (talk) 08:31, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Filter capacitor → Rectifier#Rectifier output smoothing 

message: Tag was placed at  but no corresponding tag was placed at . No discussion was started. – wbm1058 (talk) 02:29, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced the merge template with a hatnote. A bit annoyed at the merge-tag-bombing here, with no followup by the proposer. More care should be taken with merging technical content. wbm1058 (talk) 10:42, 22 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ripple (electrical)#Ripple voltage ⟶ Rectifier 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :AC/DC adapter and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at  until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  fgnievinski (talk) 05:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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