Quote Originally Posted by daveimi View Post
It just seems a bit "over-engineered" ie...why do you need an inductor simply to bring in more voltage (which you could do with a simple remote switch)? As engineering apprentices at 16 we were given the train of thought that in most cases simplicity will equate into reliability.

That might be right. I'd just like to smooth the supply out after the result, and I don't want to treble the voltage at a third of the duty-cycle or third of the amperage, either. It seems to me that an inductor is useful.