Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!hoptoad!kumr!pozar
From: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: How to make 600VDC from 800VDC
Message-ID: <203@kumr.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 90 23:50:39 GMT
References: <92@decabo.enet.dec.com>
Reply-To: pozar@kumr.UUCP (Tim Pozar)
Organization: Late Night Software (San Francisco)
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In article <92@decabo.enet.dec.com> (J. Brewer) writes:
>	I have a need to obtain 600VDC at about 150-200mA from an
>	800VDC supply. It need not be exceptionally well regulated
>	voltage-wise, but does anyone have a simple solution?
>	(not as simple as a resistive voltage divider however!)

   How 'bout a number of zeners in series (with some current 
limiting of course).  Or 286 silicon diodes forward biased 
(.7v * 286 = 200.2v) :-).   Simple....

               Tim
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