Voltage Multiplier question

[hylaphone]

Apologies if this is rudimentary, but I couldn't find an answer to this directly in a search.
Let's say I'm making a roughly 50VDC supply with 24VAC and a Full Wave Voltage Doubler.If instead I chose to use 12VAC and use a Full Wave Quadrupler, would total capacitance need to double to achieve the same ripple attenuation? Thank you --

[kagliostro]

Not able to give you an answer

Just remember that, for a capacitor-input full-wave bridge rectifier, the available DC current is approximately 0.6 times the transformer's AC RMS current.
 
With a voltage doubler, the transformer current must be doubled, and with a voltage quadrupler it must be be quadrupled.

Thus, to obtain about 0.6 A DC, the transformer should be rated for about 1 A AC with a bridge, 2 A AC with a doubler, or 4 A AC with a quadrupler.

Franco

[hylaphone]

Got that, thanks. Just trying to understand the ripple thing, if it's exponential..

[kagliostro]

I asked to ChatGPT about ripple and multipliers  and he gived an answer, if no one give a replay here try to ask there

Franco

[hylaphone]

I asked to ChatGPT about ripple and multipliers  and he gived an answer, if no one give a replay here try to ask there

Franco

Thanks, just tried that for the first time too. But I'd rather defer to humans :)