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Originally Posted by vwdevotee
I might also be wrong, but it's my understanding that after the bridge rectifier there is normally a filter capacitor which maintains the output voltage very near peak.
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You win. Just checked my basic electronics textbook. Vl = Vs - 1.4V. I was apparently thinking of a regular full wave rectifier. Whoops.
Sorry for the interruption. Will look in book *first* next time.