Hi, I'm working on a steampunk-ish project. It needs a ~600V AC power supply and I want it to be generated using partial mechanical motion. To that end, I have a H bridge controlled 18V DC motor and a 100-150V AC generator coupled together. Good stuff. Now that I have an alternating power source which I need to boost to about 600V before rectifying it up to around 900V DC.
So, the alternator only puts out about 24ma. I've tried 6-12V : 110V transformers and the amplification does not work. Either the transformers are not capable of working under the frequency or 24ma isn't enough to generate the EMF necessary to couple the coils. I don't know enough about electronics.
Where should I go from here? Remembering it needs to be relatively small, should I try to wind my own 4:1 toroid or something along those lines? How would you approach this problem?
Thanks!
So, the alternator only puts out about 24ma. I've tried 6-12V : 110V transformers and the amplification does not work. Either the transformers are not capable of working under the frequency or 24ma isn't enough to generate the EMF necessary to couple the coils. I don't know enough about electronics.
Where should I go from here? Remembering it needs to be relatively small, should I try to wind my own 4:1 toroid or something along those lines? How would you approach this problem?
Thanks!