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[AMPS] High Voltage Power Supply, Voltage Doubler Question ???

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Subject: [AMPS] High Voltage Power Supply, Voltage Doubler Question ???
From: rfamps@ic24.net (Steve Thompson)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:33:56 +0100

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From: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
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Date: 16 July 2000 16:42
Subject: Re: [AMPS] High Voltage Power Supply, Voltage Doubler Question ???


snip
>
>First, the transformers peak current is much higher in a capacitor
>input supply than in a choke input supply. That means you must
>have overkill on the winding wire sizes, or voltage regulation will be
>poor.


You might even end up with crispy fried transformer....

Steve


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