Re: MMC cap bank

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



>Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>Only one comment maybe more of a question:  with 10 caps in series you have
>25KVdc and 9KVac.  Isn't 9KVac a problem or are you rectifying the pig
>output.


It is still a problem, even if the input is rectified, because the HV RF 
oscillation in the primary is the AC that will kill the caps.


>Speaking of rectification,  doesn't this solve the problem of not fully
>charging the primary cap between AC peaks?
>
>Gerry


Matt D.