I'm interested in building this Power Supply (http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/v2/diagrams/ss-ps4_sc.pdf) and it says you need 1amp , 100 PIV bridge rectifiers... whats PIV?
circuit specialists have 100volt 1 amp bridge rectifiers... are these what i am thinking?
Not sure, but I'm pretty sure almost all bridge recifiers will work, with there voltages and the current.
Bye,
Joep
100V PIV = peak inverse voltage.
For each type of rectifier, full-wave, haf-wave etc. the diodes are subject to a certain reverse voltage - you should be able to find a table on the web show the *minimum* PIV required for a given transformer voltage and rectifier type. The diodes should be rated somewhat above the minimum PIV you calculate. For effects voltages anything above or equal to 100V will do.