So I got this transformer with 5 individual secondary windings: 120V, 120V, 105V, 105V and 1x 400V, all rated for 350mA
I want to make a bench power supply from it, feeding the primary from either a Variac or straight from the net. As there are individual windings I was thinking of rectifying and filtering them individually, obtaining 5 raw DC voltages that can be used individually, combined, or stacked for some serious high voltage.
For the 120V and the 105V windings I will use some 100uF/250VDC rated electrolytics, while for the 400V I would be using two 220uF/400V in series (with bleeders across them).
My question regards the feasibility of stacking the individual supplies: given the different voltages, can this become a problem? Morgan Jones (p354) shows how to stack two supplies, but in his case the voltages are similar.
Actually I do not think it will be a problem, but overconfidence is not always a good thing
Thanks! Erik
I want to make a bench power supply from it, feeding the primary from either a Variac or straight from the net. As there are individual windings I was thinking of rectifying and filtering them individually, obtaining 5 raw DC voltages that can be used individually, combined, or stacked for some serious high voltage.
For the 120V and the 105V windings I will use some 100uF/250VDC rated electrolytics, while for the 400V I would be using two 220uF/400V in series (with bleeders across them).
My question regards the feasibility of stacking the individual supplies: given the different voltages, can this become a problem? Morgan Jones (p354) shows how to stack two supplies, but in his case the voltages are similar.
Actually I do not think it will be a problem, but overconfidence is not always a good thing
Thanks! Erik
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