cockcroft-walton question

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun.COM>

Is the following a component-efficient way to implement a Cockcroft-Walton
voltage multiplier... (all like components have equal ratings, more in
series as you go up through the stages) ...?


  AC in ---||--+----------+--||--||--||--+------------------+
               |          |              |                  |
               |          |              |                  |
               |          |              |                  v
               |          |              _                  -
               |          v              ^                  |
               |          -              |                  v
               _          |              _                  -
               ^          v              ^                  |
               |          -              |                  v
               |          |              _                  -
               |          |              ^                  |
               |          |              |                  v
               |          |              |                  -
               |          |              |                  |
               |          |              |                  |
               +--||--||--+--------------+--||--||--||--||--+-----  HV out
               |
               |
              GND


thanks,
Pete Lawrence.