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Originally posted by Since87
I'd recommend using Schottky diodes. (Lower forward voltage = reduced power dissipation in the diodes)
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True... but these can handle 1000V, 25A

. That's got to be hard to beat

. Overkill for what is needed though, doubtlessly. It would work really good too if you could just integrate the variac directly into the power supply, like getting a 10 to 1 turns ratio or something variac.