A Confession

[Hagstar]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

An AC-DC multiplier is defined by it's number of diodes. A doubler has 2 diodes, a tripler has 3, a quadrupler 4, a quintupler 5, and so on. Thus a quadrupler can ONLY have one more stage than a tripler.

Here's a "Six stage tripler"- http://www.moyerelectronics.com/BVMo...c-83adfcdcb456

I'm sorry but this is incorrect for TV high voltage use and already covered earlier. That is quite true in pure science world. In TV use here a tripler is defined entirely by function. It is not at all like a textbook tripler based on stages, it's just what does the job of multiplying voltage times 3. In this case they don't work like in textbooks because of the irregular nature of the horz. output wave. As I explained before a "tripler" in this use NEVER has 3 stages, and quadrupler never 4. Triplers are in fact 5-6 stages. Here's a 5 stage tripler schematic I posted earlier in thread similar to the one I am using which has one more stage. These are not my ideas- they are data from forums explaining TV triplers. Normal rules regarding triplers don't apply in this case. It is not defined by the number of diodes.