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Rectify ac input?
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Subject: Rectify ac input?
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 00:27:43 -0600
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From: Malcolm Watts [SMTP:MALCOLM@directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 11:49 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Rectify ac input?
Hi Matt,
> From: Matthew Mills [SMTP:mattmills@mindless.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 2:13 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Rectify ac input?
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> Correct me If I'm wrong but I would expect the best way to make a High Voltager
> Rectifier would be to use Microwave Diodes (approx. $3) as these are rated between
> 6 and 12kV and @450mA each and so 12 of them set into a bridge arrangement (3 in
> series on each leg) and set in potting tar would make a rather dandy HV rectifier.
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> Matt
> (Just fiddling with sparks and arcs in Hamilton New Zealand)
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Only for mains type frequencies. They behave as resistors at higher
frequencies because their recovery time is abysmal. I nearly cooked
some when I tried using them to rectify a rather low power flyback
supply.
Malcolm