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Re: Peak Charge?



  Greg, IF there were no spark gap to limit
the gap charge the cap would charge to
1.414 X the applied RMS voltage. 2.8
refers to both the positive and negative peaks
of the sine wave and since they don't occur at
the same time its not a valid point. 

Mark Graalman


On Sat, 03 Oct 1998 15:00:05 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Original Poster: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter-at-enterprise-dot-net> 
>
>Dear List,
>
>Please settle a minor but bothersome question for me.  In an AC 
>powered
>Tesla tank circuit, what is the peak charge felt by the capacitor?  
>Some on
>the list say it's 1.4 x VAC, others say it is 2.8 x VAC.  This sounds 
>like
>a "newbie" question, but after reading the mail for many months, it 
>seems
>that newcomers and old heads alike are not sure about this basic 
>issue.
>
>Greg
>
>
>

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