An electrical circuit arrangement provides a low power rectified low voltage from an AC line voltage. The circuit consists of two circuit blocks combined together via an intermediate circuit, of which the first circuit block contains a capacitive input stage for producing a voltage-limited intermediate voltage that is substantially less than the line voltage, and a second circuit block that contains an asymmetric half-bridge that receives the intermediate voltage and produces an AC voltage that is decoupled from the line voltage via a transformer that is operated at the substantially lower voltage. The output of the transformer is rectified to provide the low-level DC output.