A 12V *AC* power supply

[Shachar Shemesh]

Nadav Har'El wrote:
> My guess (it's been ages since I dabbled in electronics...), is that the
> resistor is there to prevent the destruction of the power supply in case
> in a short circuit in its load. In other words, it gives an upper limit
> to the current that you can draw out of the power supply.
>
> But I may be wrong...
>
>   
One hole in this theory - the resistor is in parallel to the output 
connector.

Shachar


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