Originally Posted by
Painless
What you need to do is take your input voltage and divide it by 2. Take this number and arrange the plates +NN....- until you match the number of plates to the number you came up with.
For examples, say your input voltage is 12v, 12 divided by 2 = 6. So, you would need:
+NNNN-
The idea is that between the negative and positive the neutrals divide the voltage. The target is 2v per plate.
If you have more plates than the number you come up with, just set up parallel sets. For example, if you have 16 plates at 12 volts do:
+NNNN-NNNN+NNNN-
Hope this helps.