The rectifier is a circuit embedded in your device that converts the restless AC supply coming to your house into a steady DC supply, so that your devices can function properly.
Akash Peshin is an Electronic Engineer from the University of Mumbai, India and a science writer at ScienceABC. Enamored with science ever since discovering a picture book about Saturn at the age of 7, he believes that what fundamentally fuels this passion is his curiosity and appetite for wonder.
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