20 KV output Cockroft Walton generator

Shashankmishra

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  • Stages: 10
  • Input: ~700 V RMS AC at ~1 kHz (from inverter + transformer)
  • Capacitors: 470 nF polypropylene film HV capacitors (≈3–4 kV rating per stage)
  • Diodes: 4.2 kV high-voltage diodes
  • Expected output (no-load):20 kV DC
    will it work or not ? please suggest me
 

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Delta Prime

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That PDF.tells me nothing! You got a schematic to go with it. I know its big brother predecessor worked in the 1940s to build an atomic bomb. :eek:
 
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