Re: Formula for Joules

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

In a message dated 2/5/02 8:13:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< Hey everyone, what's the formula for joules? Thanks >>


Hey, no name,

The formula for determining the Joules of a charged capacitor is:
 
Energy in Joules = 0.5 X the capacitance (in Farads) X  Volts squared

for example, a 200 uFD cap charged to 1000 volts would have:
 0.5 (200 X 10-6) X 1000 squared or 1 million = 100 joules

Sparkin' in Memphis,
David Rieben