Re: Corson Pulse Capacitors

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>


>Hi


>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.


Hokay - let's be safe.  So, I have, per can, two capacitors wired in 
series, each rated at 15kV.  To be safe, I'll take that as a single, 30kV 
capacitor at half the capacitance.  To make my tank cap, I wire several 
cans in parallel.  To keep voltages balanced, should I connect the centre 
connections of all the capacitors together?


0------*----*----*---...
        |    |   |
        =    =    =
        |    |   |
        *    *    *  <-- connect these centre taps together?
        |    |   |
        =    =    =
        |    |   |
0------*----*----*---...
        C    C   C
        A    A   A
        N    N   N
        1    2    3

Cheers

M

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