Timeline for Are capacitor voltage ratings for max charge or exposed source?
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| Oct 11, 2015 at 4:03 | comment | added | MarkU |
That idea sounds like either a charge pump (using a switched capacitor to supply a high-voltage, low-current load) or a switch-mode power supply (using a switched inductor)... either way, it's tricky enough that it's worth looking into these before trying to roll your own.
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| Oct 11, 2015 at 1:39 | comment | added | RobC | I'm trying to avoid a step down transformer or something to provide a lower voltage power source for a small draw. I just want to pulse a capacitor bank with the 200V source as needed to maintain an approximate 80V on it. @Kevin | |
| Oct 11, 2015 at 1:30 | history | answered | Kevin White | CC BY-SA 3.0 |