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The ripple frequency produced by a full-wave power supply connected to a normal household circuit is:
120 Hz
A full-wave rectifier (bridge or center-tapped) inverts the negative half-cycles of the AC input. For a 60 Hz AC input (normal household), this results in two positive pulses per cycle, so the fundamental ripple frequency is 2 × 60 Hz = 120 Hz.
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