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Re: Good Deal SURE!




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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Good Deal SURE!


>Original Poster: Robert Volk <smrtmny2-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>Nick,
>What is a cockroft ladder?
>
>Bob
A CockroftWalton Voltage Multiplier. More at
http://home.earthlink-dot-net/~jimlux/hv/cw1.htm
>

All in all, though, a voltage multiplier is more handy when you can't just
get a higher voltage transformer. with only 10-20 kV in, you wind up
spending more on diodes and caps than you would on a higher voltage
transformer. The exception is if you are building some sort of switcher.