Re: Joules per bang...

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 



 > Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
 > soooo...   in effect, ( more to real life for coiling)  you have 15KV in a
 > .05 uF cap with a gap firing at 120Hz....
 >
 > this gives    5.625 J per bang     (considering that the cap is fully
 > charged at  firing of the gap)   you should have 675W of energy pulsing
 > into the primary...    and at 675W per bang at 120 times a second...
 > thats  81KW per second....   sooooo   either we arent getting full charge
 > on the caps or my math is terrible....    this raises a new
 > question....    anyone have an answer???

Nooooooooo!

5.625 joules per bang * 120 bangs per sec = 675 joules per sec or 675 watts

Gerry R