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Questions related to the design of circuits that supply or use a high voltage. There are a few definitions but the IEC definition of a high-voltage supply system is above 1000 Vrms AC or 1500 V DC.

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Is there a DIY way to measure a direct lightning strike without also bringing the strike (or at least a surge) to the measuring device? I have a rural property with a small mountain on it, and it is ...
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I've seen implementations of series diodes for higher voltage standoff use parallel resistors to force the series string of diodes to share reverse voltage equally. However, are these resistors ...
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Short version: How to measure fast signals (around 1µs rise times) at voltages too high to have the fingers anywhere nearby (320 V)? How to attach scope probes without having long wire/loops that ...
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I designed a prod, and I think it works decently. The voltage is raised from a battery cell to a DC high value (1000 V), the current is limited to a safe value and there isn't anything wrong yet. ...
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I am working on a project in which I wanted to detect muons using a Geiger-Müller (GM) tube. The problem is that the GM tube that I will be using is not any standard one and instead I will take out ...
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I'm a hobbyist. I created my own PCB to switch HV. It's to control my underfloor heating units. I built three of these devices and of one of them, the PhotoMOS's are failing one by one. The device ...
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