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- Step downs are common, but seems step ups are rare?
For one of my scientific projects, I want to charge a couple of 450V capacitors in parallel, which I get the power from household electricity, because a lot of lithium polymer batteries can be expensive and take up a lot of space.
The problem is, the power supply gives a 250V AC, and and I need 450V, or at least around 400 volts of DC. A common AC-DC transformer I can get at a electronic market turns the AC power to a 12V or 24V DC, and that’s pretty useless on its own. The other way is use 4 diodes to ensure the electricity goes one-way, so I can make DC, this method does not change voltage, therefore I get 250 volts, which is still not enough...
Is there a way I can get the high DC voltage I want? I heard Tesla car batteries are at 400 volts and the car can charge from household electricity. But I have no wielding devices and no professional skills in electric engineering. Can I still do it?
The problem is, the power supply gives a 250V AC, and and I need 450V, or at least around 400 volts of DC. A common AC-DC transformer I can get at a electronic market turns the AC power to a 12V or 24V DC, and that’s pretty useless on its own. The other way is use 4 diodes to ensure the electricity goes one-way, so I can make DC, this method does not change voltage, therefore I get 250 volts, which is still not enough...
Is there a way I can get the high DC voltage I want? I heard Tesla car batteries are at 400 volts and the car can charge from household electricity. But I have no wielding devices and no professional skills in electric engineering. Can I still do it?