Re: Firing Voltage

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/19/01 7:13:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< Original poster: "Tim by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
<warpath-at-wtp-dot-net>
 
  Hi All, What is the firing voltage for a 15/60 setup and how is it
 figured out? Thanks, Tim
  >>

Tim, 
The maximum firing voltage is determined by multiplying the RMS
voltage (15,000 in your case) by the sqare root of 2 (1.414). Thus,
at 15 kV RMS, the max peak voltage would be about 21,213 volts.

David Rieben