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Re: MOT Voltage Doubler

At 06:11 20/09/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter-at-enterprise-dot-net> 
>
>Dear List,
>
>I've been studying the half-wave voltage doubler circuit (MOT, cap, diode)
>found in US-type microwave ovens, and I think I understand how it works.
>What is the ultimate voltage developed by this thing.  Looks like 2.8 x
>RMS.  Is that it?  If I'm correct, then it doesn't really "double" anything
>does it?
>
>Greg
>

Greg, check this my old mail below:

I had eventually a chance of performing a real measurement on the circuit
below. I used a digital scope and applied to the mains 3.5 VAC instead
of 220 VAC. After the measurements, I scaled up the results and these 
I am reporting in the following.

                         | |    
       --------|| ||-----| |----*---------- V-
             * || || *   | |    |
               || ||          -----
   220V        || ||          \   /
               || ||           \ /
               || ||          -----
               || ||            |
       --------|| ||------------*--- GND
                                |
                                |
       --------|| ||------------*
             * || || *          |
               || ||          -----
               || ||          \   /
    220V       || ||           \ /
               || ||          -----
               || ||     | |    |
       --------|| ||-----| |----*----------- V+
                         | |    

Voltage V+ to GND oscillates between 6270 V and 0 (2200 VAC * 2 * sqrt(2) =
6270 Vpp). 
Voltage between V- and GND oscillates between -6270 V and 0.
If the transformers are in phase, voltage between V+ and V- is almost DC at
6270 VDC.

  V+ |----|    |----|    |----|
     |    |----|    |----|    |
 GND ------------------------------     V+ - V- = 6.3kV DC
     |----|    |----|    |----|
  V- |    |----|    |----|    |----
     
If the transformers are NOT in phase, the output is a sinusoid at 50 Hz
going from 0
to 6270 Vpp * 2 = 12540 Vpp.

  V+ |----|    |----|    |----|
     |    |----|    |----|    |----
 GND ------------------------------     V+ - V- = 0 to 12.5kV DC pulsed
     |    |----|    |----|    |----
  V- |----|    |----|    |----|

I intend to use the last configuration (transformers NOT in phase, 12.5kV
pulsed output).


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