Howdy,
I was making a small capacitor bank and had them all wired up in parallel. I built a dc-dc boost converter to charge it up. I discharged it in parallel also, but noticed the voltmeter only read 300V. At first I thought it was only reading one capacitor, but then I got to thinking about how batteries work when they are in series vs. parallel. (I don't plan very far ahead as you can see). So now I realize to get a high voltage discharge I need a series circuit. The problem with this is that I can't charge the bank to 3kV.
I'm thinking maybe I can charge them in parallel and discharge in series, that works right? So if that is right, I'm not sure exactly how to do that. I made a picture to show you how I am considering it, but I'd like your advice first.
Thanks
I was making a small capacitor bank and had them all wired up in parallel. I built a dc-dc boost converter to charge it up. I discharged it in parallel also, but noticed the voltmeter only read 300V. At first I thought it was only reading one capacitor, but then I got to thinking about how batteries work when they are in series vs. parallel. (I don't plan very far ahead as you can see). So now I realize to get a high voltage discharge I need a series circuit. The problem with this is that I can't charge the bank to 3kV.
I'm thinking maybe I can charge them in parallel and discharge in series, that works right? So if that is right, I'm not sure exactly how to do that. I made a picture to show you how I am considering it, but I'd like your advice first.
Thanks
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