Re: A rather large cap for discharge

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>

Justin,
       1/2 C V**2  =>  0.5 * 0.000002 * (12500)**2  =>  156.25 Joules,
       
from what I remember in web pages on can crushing it takes ~5000 Joules to
shrink a quarter (less to crush a can, but I don't remember how much).
I'ld recommend checking out some web pages. Here is one:

http://users.better-dot-org/roverstreet/projects/Pulse/pulse.htm

Peter Lawrence.


>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>I have a medium sized pulse cap, but I haven't been able to do much with it. 
>It is rated 12,500 volts at 2 mfd(1.89). Is this cap really good for 
>anything? I haven't even been able to crush cans with it. It just puts a 
>light indentation in the can where the wire is wrapped.
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