Re: ~Is this safe to test

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/16/02 12:14:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> There is nothing to limit the short circuit current from the capacitor.  You
> would be charging the cap up to say 20,000 volts and then placing a dead
> short
> on it.  The current will be enormous in that case.  It would sound like a
> machine gun.



Hello, 
Couldn't you put some resistance or something in,in place of the primary coil
to test it?
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Jonathon Reinhart
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