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26th Nov 2019, 12:46 am | #21 |
Heptode
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
I use an inexpensive TESTEC HVP40 40KV probe for flyback output measurement. It is basically a resistive voltage divider. It is certainly good for 500V range.
Also I have an "exotic" 10KV AC/DC electrostatic voltmeter (made in London) but its error is only be acceptable in the range of 1kv to 10kV. |
26th Nov 2019, 2:22 am | #22 | |
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
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On the other hand, a proper x100 scope probe, that you can measure up to 1500 to 2000v with (depending on the particular one) IS frequency compensated so you can use it for AC wavforms as well as DC measurements. There are very few frequency compensated EHT probes about, the most famous and an excellent but expensive one is the Tek P6015. They could be filled with dielectric fluid to get the voltage range up to about 30kV. To get to 50kV I had to design my own probe, and its quite a task to get the bandwidth over 1MHz with that voltage range as well as controlling corona discharges. The Tek probe: https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/produ...E&gclsrc=aw.ds |
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26th Nov 2019, 2:44 am | #23 |
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
But with an impedance of only 1 megohm, not a lot of use for the original task here.
Edit: Oops, don't believe everything you read in a RS catalogue entry! It's actually 100 megohm......
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28th Nov 2019, 1:28 am | #24 |
Heptode
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
yeah i was aware of the Testec 40kv probe frequency response.
I do have a cheapish 1:1000 HV scope probe but i dont really do much scoping of HT waveform unless i really know what i am doing as things can go south easily even with isolation transformer!!! Ideally one should get a HV differential probe but one man' s investment of a hobby is always limited by how deeper his pocket is. |
28th Nov 2019, 3:28 pm | #25 |
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
An unloaded flyback converter will have terrible regulation so a fixed load should be included that is around the maximum current draw of the GM tube.
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28th Nov 2019, 4:36 pm | #26 | |
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Re: Measuring a High Voltage, very low current supply?
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A version i've built using just resistive feedback from prior to the flyback diode is rather poor, varying +/- 10-20V, but eventually settling down and staying within a few volts of the 430V it was designed for. Even while settling it is within the G-M plateau, but its still not a design i'll be using with expensive tubes.
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