Hey Nick, your chance to outgeek me ;) I'm too tired to think, in a voltage multiplier, do the caps need to be rated for the total voltage, the voltage of that stage, or the starting voltage?
(http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electronic/ietron2/voltrip.gif)
So if left to right is C1, C2 & C3, and the starting voltage is 120V
Is it
A) C1, C2 & C3 all have to be 120V
B) C1, C2 & C3 all have to be 360V
C) C1 is 120V, C2 is 240V, C3 is 360V
Thinking like DC batteries i would say all have to be 360v but I'm prolly wrong
C1: 120
C2,C3 240
Those are minimums, I would't run the circuit at those minimums tho, probably 360 all around
Dandy, I have 400V's ;D
Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 21, 2012, 03:31:05 PM
Dandy, I have 400V's ;D
good man, if you had a spike on your primary side then you would be covered since ur almost 2 x minimum.