Wait, how many amps do you expect this thing to put out continuously, before you smell some diode smoke? Those diodes are rated for 1 A of forward current.
I guess if your intent was to build a 1 A power supply, then yes, possibly mission accomplished...
They don't put out smoke !, they work perfectly because I know what I'm doing. Yes, it's just a few amps because it goes from zero to well over 100Volts DC. If you have two 300 Watt supplies and one is 10 volts and the other is 100 volts then one will have 30 amps and the other just three.
I believe they were 3A diodes but I should have to fine the top of the pack wherever it went. You just double them up until you have enough to handle the total current. Even if one diode is out by 2 % tolerance it's completely irrelevant considering you will get a few milliamps difference between diodes at 1amp each for example. If it worries you, just add one more diode for
paranoia's safety's sake.
somone posed a datasheet which proves my points and that there won't be any smoke.
https://www.fairchildsemi.com/datasheets/1N/1N4001.pdfFor the 4001 you can overload it without the smoke, up to 30a instead of 1amp, for short periods. the smaller the overload, the longer it can take it. It also shows that the current will distribute evenly by itself, there is a graph in there showing that the voltage drop increses with increasing current, comparable to a resistor. So as one gets 'overloaded' it's voltage drop increases and the current shunts to other diodes.
Take into account that if all the elaborate studies and calculations and advice is all wrong, then one of the string of diodes is going to blow up, oh the humanity, and like a fuse, protect the rest, so you lose one 5c diode which you can salvage from any circuit board. Eventually you should say 'this is my fourth year of theorizing what these diodes could do, I've given up family, social life and my health, I know some people say I should just go ahead and risk a diode, but they are all crazy ~!!!!!'
I really think you should think four times before you try any of this insanity because what would a person who has built one know anyhow.