RE: Tank Cicuit Capacitor

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Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>

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Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the helpful responses on this question.  From what I've
gathered from the many responses is that if it's a single cap in a
conventional TC static gap system, it won't be charged.  Whereas if there
are multiple caps in series or if it's a DC system, it will be.  Also
someone mentioned offlist that HV caps can charge themselves back up by way
of dielectric memory.  I guess the best thing to do is treat it as charged
and that way avoid any problems.

Mark Stolz
Houston, TX

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> > Hi All!
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> > Does the capacitor in the tank circuit hold a charge once power is 
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> > off?  I've heard some say yes and some say no.  Isn't that by definition
> > what a capacitor does?
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> > Mark Stolz
> > Houston, TX
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