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Rectify ac input?




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From:  Matthew Mills [SMTP:mattmills-at-mindless-dot-com]
Sent:  Wednesday, March 04, 1998 2:13 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Rectify ac input?

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 -at-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.

Matt
(Just fiddling with sparks and arcs in Hamilton New Zealand)

Tesla List wrote:

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> From:  Edward V. Phillips [SMTP:ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu]
> Sent:  Tuesday, March 03, 1998 1:05 PM
> To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:  Re:  Rectify ac input?
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> "I have LOTS of HV rectifiers from monitors but don't know how much current
> they are good for. Jim Lux has hopes of finding the specs for me so maybe they
> will be good for coil work."
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>         Probably not good for more than a couple of milliamps at most.
>
> Ed