Re: term understanding: voltage reversal.

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

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Subject: Re: term understanding: voltage reversal.


 > Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

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 > dielectric and premature failure. The estimated % voltage reversal can be
 > estimated if you know the "Q" of the circuit:
 >
 >     % Vrev = 1.57*Sqrt(1/(Q^2-1))

I don't understand this formula. Can you add more brackets? It's invalid for
a Q of 1 if it's (Q*Q) -1 and otherwise it's just 1.57 * sqrt (Q)

KEN