First of all, I would like to state that I am asking this purely for hypothetical knowledge, not because I plan to make my own high voltage generator. There are plenty of complicated circuits for generating really high voltage from relatively low voltage out there (in the 100kV+ range).
However, why would one not just place a ton of transformers in series and pulse it on and off at a high frequency with triacs to multiply the voltage many times and also get some decent inductive spiking? It seems like this would allow you to get almost infinitely high voltages.
However, I have not seen many circuits designed like that, even though it is simple and should be effective. So are there a lot of real-life problems one might encounter when doing this, or is there some hypothetical limit till the current gets so low that you do not effectively multiply the voltage?
However, why would one not just place a ton of transformers in series and pulse it on and off at a high frequency with triacs to multiply the voltage many times and also get some decent inductive spiking? It seems like this would allow you to get almost infinitely high voltages.
However, I have not seen many circuits designed like that, even though it is simple and should be effective. So are there a lot of real-life problems one might encounter when doing this, or is there some hypothetical limit till the current gets so low that you do not effectively multiply the voltage?