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Re: Carrying a Full Load (fwd)
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Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 09:01:53 -0700
From: Bill Noble <william_b_noble-at-email.msn-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Carrying a Full Load (fwd)
if you re-read your response, you will see a contradiction. If the item is
not a diode, and there is no diode in the circuit, then it would be
impossible for it to be a capacitor that charges up in more than one half
cycle (e.g. 7 ms). I haven't taken the time to look up what it is, but an
ohmmeter will tell you if it's a MOV or a diode (just beware that the foward
drop of a HV diode is several volts - maybe more than 10 V- so you may need
to put a higher voltage across it than the usual ohmmeter
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>>2. The secondary of the above transformer has a red stubby
>>cylindrical component that is marked with: MDC 10000M Z5R
>18KV.
>> What is this thing?
>>
>>Answer:
>>This is probably the diode I was talking about in #1
>
>Nope, their capacitors, in a "bug-zapper" the output of the high voltage
>transformer is connected acros one or two capacitors (in parrallel) and
>the each side of the capacitor(s) are connected to the screens to zap a
>bug. The capacitor is used to store up a little energy to but more zap in
>the spark since it is only occasional it's ok that it takes a second or
>so to charge the cap.
>
>On every thing else we are in agreement!
>
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