You don’t need DC to drive these things. Full wave rectified will do. Also, you want the average rectified value to be 240V. Rectifying 170V RMS won’t give you that. Smoothing it will get you closer. So I think you should just use 240V RMS full wave rectified.
> On Oct 15, 2020, at 11:42 AM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > > You could use a voltage-doubler. That will solve the voltage problem but it > will double the current. Is the VA rating of the transformer sufficient for > your project ? > > >> On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 7:50:22 AM UTC-7 Richard Scales wrote: >> On the whole isolation transformer thing - I've been trying to find >> something with 170V secondary with enough VA (for 6 displays) and have >> failed thus far. >> >> An alternative approach might be to take off the shelf toroidal transformers >> - like mains to 35V then 45 V to mains - two transformers back to back. >> Standard parts, lower cost, plenty VA. >> >> - Richard >> >> >>> On Sunday, 2 August 2020 01:47:39 UTC+1, celzey11 wrote: >>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/PCB-with-23-pieces-IN-28-nixie-tubes-slightly-used-working/114333271792?_trkparms=aid%3D1110002%26algo%3DSPLICE.SOI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190711095549%26meid%3D77ba7a42f3f24b709ebe632fb079b086%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D112419561527%26itm%3D114333271792%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSellersOtherItemsV2&_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&autorefresh=true > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/bVoCKhPv7Dg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/77e9c049-01d9-4386-b736-3dd337823550n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/978CCD0C-AA98-41EE-9AA3-FD1B751EED7F%40gmail.com.
