Re: capacitor discharge current

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

all depends on the internal resistance of the cap the amount of mF and the 
voltages involved

normally most capacitors can deliver hundreds of amps of current in 
milliseconds...  um make that uSecs...

some caps are designed to deliver megawatts of power in sub uSec times.
even a 16VDC   3000 uF cap can weld itself ( its leads ) to the shorting 
device....
the caps used for quarter shrinking and can crushing  can be in the 100,000 
amp range for a few uSeconds
the more uF, the less the resistance =  impressive current flow.....


Scot D



Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Anthony" <ant17-at-optushome-dot-com.au>
>Hi guy I was wondering some body could tell how calculate discharge 
>current of a capacitor
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