Re: Magnifier Primary Capacitors - EQUIDRIVE vs. STANDARD

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


Due to unequal charges on the caps with slight value variations the oil
currents circulate in an attempt to evenly distribute the charges.  Throw
some caps in a clear tank of oil and you can actually see this happen.  It's
an interesting phenomonea.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
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 > >In oil, the circulating currents neutralize the cap potentials.  This is
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 > >reason why most all their HV caps are in oil.  Also, of course, the edge
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 > Submerging the small MMC`s in oil will not help the edge of foil loss,
 > since the oil will not be able to get there due to the potting of the
 > individual caps.
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 > Circulating currents?. Where does the current circulate?. If it was in the
 > oil, and the action is fast enough to be of any use in a pulse discharge
 > cap, why bother to use equalizing resistors on energy storage caps?.
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 > Cheers, Finn Hammer
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