Electronic – Combing two DC voltages, one high volt low current the other low voltage high current

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I am a new member and have found lots of useful information on this forum whilst learning about electronics.

I am wondering if I connect a low voltage high current source to a high voltage low current source, if I might get a high voltage source that could use the current from the low voltage high current source.

I have previously joined similar low voltages through two independent bridge rectifiers and then placed them in series across a filtering capacitor which I could manipulate to a higher voltage (x2 volts) out or a higher current out (volts x 1). This worked well. But before I try combining a high voltage such as say 500VDC at 100ma with a low voltage say 1VDC at say 50amps, I would like an expert opinion of the possible outcome, given that each supply will be isolated.

Best Answer

What you are proposing is not feasible based on power considerations. To use your example, a 500 VDC source at 100 ma can provide a maximum of 50 watts. A 1 VDC source at 50 amps can also provide a maximum of 50 watts. Let's say you could somehow borrow 1 amp from the 1 VDC source and give it to the 500 VDC source. Now you would have a 500 VDC source providing 1.1 amps or 550 watts from 2 sources that are limited to a total of only 100 watts.