Re: Corson Pulse Capacitors

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Original poster: "bob by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>

Matthew,
not that simple unfortunately. I have always used 3 times rms as a guide. 
for an explanation of the  possible  max  voltage on the  primary cap have 
a look at richie burnetts site where he explains it all in detail. 
basically it will depend on  your spark gap as well as the rms voltage of 
the supply.

cheers
bob golding



At 15:57 12/12/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
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>>My concern is your voltage  way over your rating so I would suggest
>>series/parallel combinations to get a high enough voltage and enough
>>capacitance for your TC. Even 13.6Kv x 1.414 = 19.23 Kv Pk with no safety.
>>Two is series is minimum to hold your voltage..
>>     Robert  H
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>Actually the 13.6kV *is* peak - because I was uncertain whether the caps 
>were AC or DC rated, I assumed the worst and divided the 9.6kV RMS from 
>the transformers by SQRT(2).
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>However, is this still "close" on tolerance?  I certainly can't see the 
>supply voltage ever going above 240 - we're lucky to get that most of the 
>time ;-)
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>Cheers
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>M
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