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Making a Full Bridge Rectifier
ElectroBOOM · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2016–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 22 other tutorial videos tagged Electronics & circuit design, the mean is 3.1 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 4 minutes 15 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2015-03-05.
- Channel / speaker
- ElectroBOOM
- Verified runtime
- 4m 15s
- YouTube upload date
- 2015-03-05
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other tutorial videos in Electronics & circuit design. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making a Full Bridge RectifierCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | 4m 15s | 2015-03-05 |
| “Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1tutorial · Ben Eater | 11 | 11 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 27m 25s | 2019-09-14 |
| The world's worst video card?tutorial · Ben Eater | 8 | 7 | 57% | No recorded overlap | 32m 47s | 2019-07-05 |
| How does a USB keyboard work?tutorial · Ben Eater | 7 | 6 | 58% | No recorded overlap | 34m 15s | 2021-06-05 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Teardown of a PC Power Supply”. Its short rationale: ElectroBOOM explaining the full-bridge rectifier.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Macbook charger teardown: Complexity inside Apple's power adapter (2015)”. Its short rationale: Funny, terrifying explanation of how a bridge rectifier works.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “USB power supply puts 220 Mains power out on USB jack”. Its short rationale: Lighthearted take on full bridge rectifiers from ElectroBOOM.