Ouch, that's a bit overkill, for price and dimensions. :)

I hoped to find one for < $30 and max 10 cubic centimeters volume.


At 14:59 2016-08-10, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>At 06:40 AM 8/9/2016, you wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>I need a very high voltage (50kV), high current (preferably > 6A) diode, =
but
>>I have no need for it to have a fast recovery time.
>>
>>Can you please suggest a suitable, and not too expensive, diode, if=20
>>it even exist?
>>Microwave diodes I found are all low-current, and are thus not suitable.
>>
>>Or, would it be safe to make it chaining several smaller voltage rect. di=
odes?
>>
>>Thanks a lot.
>>
>>With kind regards,
>>Mario
>
>If 44kV is good enough for you, there's this listing currently on=20
>eBay for $200:
>
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/CKE-CJV04H44-High-Voltage-Diode-Assembly-44KV-
>Spiral-Rectifier-Stack-/191847301707?hash=3Ditem2caafd824b:g:vUgAAOSwbwlXD=
FTQ
>
>There are rectifiers that come in cylindrical packages with a stud on one
>side and a threaded hole on the other, so you can just screw together as m=
any
>as you need. For example, 10 x 5kV. SDAD103 H 5.0 F  (3" diameter=20
>x  1" for each knob)
>
>There are also mercury arc rectifiers but you probably don't want to get
>into that kind of thing- they can contain enough mercury to keep a
>hazmat team busy for some time.
>
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