Michael Moorees design is a boost converter, and I have successfully added a 
voltage multiplier to those. However I have not successfully added a voltage 
multiplier to the raw output of the secondary of a fly back converter.

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> On Nov 2, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I've tried a lot of stuff/solutions but so far I haven't found a single power 
> supply, that is sold, that produces these voltages directly, all need an 
> external voltage doubler/tripler. With the kit from Michael Moorrees you can 
> add a doubler/tripler very easy, look a bit further down on his webpage here: 
> https://threeneurons.wordpress.com/nixie-power-supply/hv-supply-kit/ (an 
> external solution, he also has a larger voltage multipler for use with for 
> instance the IEE NIMOs) or with the Tayloredge PSUs you can do something 
> similar but there is no pin available so you'll have to solder a wire to get 
> to the pulse output: 
> https://www.shop-tes.com/1554-hvps-horizontal-smt-high-voltage-low-noise/.
> 
> I could make a new PCB and add all components on it (even thought about 
> making a cut-out that would fit for the original PSUs from Moorrees or 
> Tayloredge and just add the other parts) but I'd really prefer a PSU that had 
> it all on the same PCB.
> 
> I have understood that it is a real challenge to make a PSU with these 
> voltages unless they use a doubler/tripler design, but I still hope that 
> someone is up to that challenge. There is a linear voltage regulator here: 
> https://www.bartola.co.uk/valves/2012/10/20/600v-feedback-regulator-finished/ 
> that I haven't had time to build and test yet, but it looks very good and you 
> can follow the design on the blog.
> 
> /Martin
> 
> On Monday, 2 November 2020 13:45:55 UTC+1, Paul Andrews wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Martin. Have you tried a voltage multiplier with the raw output of the 
>> secondary on a fly back converter? My experience has been that you don’t get 
>> what you expect. I.e. if your smoothed DC output is 150V and you add a 
>> voltage doubler to the raw output from the secondary, you will not get a 
>> smoothed 300V DC. Someone on here explained why a while ago. Greg maybe?
>> 
>> I’m seriously interested to know what other people’s experience of this is.
>> On Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 8:48:48 AM UTC-5 Dekatron42 wrote:
>>> Yes, 300V is for the old GR10G to light up properly, they work better at 
>>> 250V and above.
>>> 
>>> Adding an external voltage doubler/tripler is a nice option to drive these 
>>> GR10G and possibly also dekatrons.
>>> 
>>> /Martin
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