Re: Fullwave rectifier

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• Subject: Re: Fullwave rectifier
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• Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 10:57:40 -0500
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Subject:     Re: Fullwave rectifier
      Date:  Sun, 18 May 1997 09:22:39 EDT
      From:  wb8jkr-at-juno-dot-com (Mark S Graalman)
        To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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On Sat, 17 May 1997 22:27:38 -0500 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Subject:  Fullwave rectifier
>  Date:   Sat, 17 May 1997 18:04:19 -0700
>  From:   David Trimmell <dwt-at-efn-dot-org>
>    To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>Hello, 
>
>  I am going to be working on modulating the output of my Tube coil, 
>and
>am curently working on designing a filtered DC supply from a Microwave
>oven Trany. My first step will be to make the fullwave rectifier. As, 
>I
>am not an EE and have not much training in the field (I work in the 
>area
>of Radiation Health Physics sciences), I have some very basic 
>questions
>regarding diodes in general. First, as HV, High current diodes are not
>the easyest things to obtain, what are the ramifications of series
>implementation of lower voltage for higher voltage? Perhaps, I am a 
>bit
>to familiar with Capacitors and am getting confused? Second, well, if 
>I
>am going to need to find a supplier of HV Diodes, does anyone on this
>list have any sugestions? About one Kilovolt AC at 35 Amps has been 
>the
>highest I'v seen recently. Any help is more than welcome. Thanks,
>
>David Trimmell
>
>
   Dave,

  I would use the old reliable ECG-170 its a 1000 piv 2.5 amp diode,
and they cost about 50 cents each tops. If you use 5 of them in series
in each leg of the bridge you'll be in decent shape for about a 3KV
supply.

                        Mark Graalman

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