Are you sure about this? In this rectifier configuration, current is always flowing through two "diodes" with the load between then essentially. So wouldn't I need more like 32 diodes (8 diodes for each of the four "diodes" in the rectifier). That way its going through 16 diodes each half cycle...
So I'm building a CO2 laser for fun, basically.
I have a tube that requires 11-18KV DC to fire.
Right now I have a 20A variac, a 15KV transformer (30ma out) and then I need to build a rectifier.
I have a bag of "1A, 1000V" diodes.
So far, I built a full-wave bridge rectifier out of them. I...