Re: TC quesions (sic)

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

> Energy initially stored in the primary capacitor:
> E1=0.5*C1*V1max^2
> Maximum energy at the secondary capacitance:
> E2=0.5*C2*V2max^2
> By energy conservation, assuming low losses in the energy transfer:
> E2=E1
> And so:
> V2max=V1max*sqrt(C1/C2)
> But the two LC circuits are tuned to the same frequency:
> L1*C1=L2*C2
> and so:
> C1/C2=L2/L1
> and finally:
> V2max=V1max*sqrt(L2/L1)
> 
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

	Agree, with a very small quibble..  But isn't the expression using the
capacitance ratio more instructive way to look what actually happens? 
As you point out, the process starts with energy stored in the primary
capacitor, and the maximum peak voltage in the secondary occurs when all
of the energy from the primary capacitor is stored in the secondary
capacitance.

Ed