Voltage Multiplier 30 Stage

This circuit takes 170VAC and steps it up to 10,000 VDC. It will take 40 seconds for this circuit to reach 10,000 volts DC. This circuit is for educational purposes and is not intended for a load 🚫 Before you read this search for the Villard Cascade voltage drop equation. Vdrop = (i/fc)(n^3 + ....) In real life we would not reach this output voltage. The output voltage drops as you increase the number of stages for a Villard Cascade Multiplier. We would not get anywhere close to 10,000 volts with all of the losses in the system. The voltage drop equation for the voltage multiplier is directly proportional to the number of stages starting with a cubic term and going down. We can try to combat that by increase the capacitance and frequency to lower the voltage drop since those terms are inversely proportional to the voltage drop equation, but we cannot compete with the number of stages in the equation since it dominates being raised to a 3rd degree as mentioned before. So, as we increase the number of stages the voltage drop increases very rapidly. Usually, it is not a good idea to do more than 5 or 6 stages. If you have any experience working with this circuit, please don't be shy to comment below as your input would help a lot of electronic enthusiasts out. ------------------------------------------------------------------