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Re: Capacitor C/Peek



At 05:25 AM 10/29/96 +0000, you wrote:
>From rwstephens-at-ptbo.igs-dot-netMon Oct 28 21:22:47 1996
>
<Wreckless snipping>
>>Jack C.
>
>Jack,
>
>You charge a 0.25 mfd cap to 10,000 volts DC, you have stored 1.25 
>joules.  You charge that same cap to 14,140 volts DC (peak of 10 KVRMS) 
>you get 2.5 joules.  I see no _over-unity_ here.  I _do_ see two 
>different ways to _label_ a voltage source however, as in peak volts 
>or RMS volts. I also see the same two ways to measure power, RMS (or 
>averaged) power, and peak power.  The peak power in a sine wave is 
>1.414 times the RMS power.
>
>I did not say that you can look at that cap which is charged to 10,000 volts DC
>and say it is charged to 14,140 'peak' volts.  Did you think I was saying that?
>
>I'm an experimentalist, I work only with hardware.  NOTHING I DO will ever
>put me over unity.  I abide by the laws of nature because they are, in 
>the physical world, superbly enforced. 
>
>If I have gone over unity I will self destruct and the universe will once
>again be whole.  If I have merely erred, could you please show me specifically 
>where?
>
>rwstephens
>
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Robert -

You are absolutely correct in your answer. The misinterpretation of your
answer was my fault. There is so much activity on the Tesla List to cover
that I will sometimes breeze thru a correct statement too quickly. I will be
more careful in the future. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Jack C.