Re: Safety gap issues

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Original poster: "Dmitry (father dest)" <dest@xxxxxxxxxxx>


> Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi,

>  > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > It's the first. This is basically a conservation of
>  > energy equation. It also assumes no losses, which
>  > isn't realistic, especially if you don't have a good
>  > spark gap.
>  >
>  > E = .5CV^2
>  > assume Epri = Esec, that gives you
>  > .5CpriVpri^2 = .5CsecVsec^2
>  > rearranging give you
>  > Vsec=sqrt(Cpri/Csec)
>  >
>  > Volts are RMS, Csec includes the secondary's self
>  > capacitance and the topload.
>  >
> In the first equation above the voltage is usually defined as an actual
> voltage not rms.

it`s critical only for the energy calculation, but if we need to
calculate the voltage (rms) at the secondary - what`s the difference?
nil.

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