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Re: Capacitor formula
to: Gordon
Forget using them as Tesla coil capacitors. They have a built in bleeder
resistor that quickly discharges them -- won't work in a TC circuit. Been
there, done that (read -- made that mistake).
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: 'Tesla List' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Capacitor formula
> Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 12:42 AM
>
>
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> From: Gordon King [SMTP:gking-at-impulse-dot-net]
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 8:35 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Capacitor formula
>
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I found some capacitors but I do not know the capacitance values. I
think
> they
> are correction caps. Here is the information on the cap. Can anyone
help?
>
> GE
> 14400 V Single Phase
> 39.1 KVAR 60 Hz
> 95 KVBIL
> Cat. 53L324RC1
>
> Also I have a formula that someone gave me, but I not sure it is correct.
Can
> anyone verify it is correct?
> I assuming the following:
> KVAR = value on the cap
> F = Frequency
> KV = voltage rating of cap
>
>
> KVAR * 1000
> C= ------------------------
> 2 * PI * F * KV^2
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon King
> Electronics and Computer Enthusiast
> Email: gking-at-impulse-dot-net
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