Re: Oops - I goofed

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Original poster: "teri mckenney by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mck-at-ezy-dot-net>

Hey Dan,
Maybe you could add 3 caps to one string to make it .018uf, 36kVdc. making
it LTR for a static gap? Save the other 12 for later?
Billy
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Subject: Oops - I goofed


> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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> In my calculations for my MMC, i goofed.  Each string (15 in
> parallel) was 0.022uF, 30kVDC and in my carelessness, i said two strings
was
> 0.011uF.  Well, when measuring my cap using the Wayne-Kerr LCR machine (a
> nice $30k device) it said i had 0.044uF.  And boy was it right.
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> So now, its a real easy fix, but now i'm stuck with a 0.011uF,
> 60KVDC MMC.  Way overkill!
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> Well, I guess i could it could easily be changed to accomodate (2)
> 15kv, 60mA transformers, and definitily accomodate (4) 15kV, 60mA
> transformers in parallel.
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> Dan
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