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On 7/15/19 2:38 PM, Rinner wrote:
"For a voltage doubler at line frequency, though, they work just fine."
That thought scares me :)
Well, that is their design intent - microwave ovens are basically a half
wave doubler, with the second diode formed by the magnetron.
I've seen people build fairly impressive stacks (10 stages) of microwave
oven diodes and capacitors - the challenge is that if you suddenly
discharge it (like you draw a spark from the top of the stack), you
often destroy a bunch of diodes, because of the high peak curent.
So a good experiment if you have a lot of cheap HV diodes.
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:16 PM jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 7/15/19 11:36 AM, undisclosed recipient via Tesla wrote:
Has anyone used microwave caps as they are around 2100 volts each?
If not, why?
They're designed to filter line frequency (50/60 Hz) and have high loss
at 100kHz+ TC frequencies. Most also have a bleeder resistor built in
that is parallel to the capacitor.
For a voltage doubler at line frequency, though, they work just fine.
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