Re: capacitor discharge current

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq-at-uol-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 > It depends on the load you are discharging into.  An inductor, like a TC
 > primary circuit, tends to act as a resistance which in effect slows down the
 > current as it flows in the inductor and builds up the magnetic field.  The
 > peak discharge current is limited by this effective resistance (and
 > reactance).

Hummm... An inductor produces a current that is proportional to the
integral of the voltage. If a constant voltage is applied over an
inductor, the initial current is zero, and increases linearly with
the time. So, it doesn't slow down the current as it builds up the
magnetic field, but increases it in proportion to the magnetic field.

 > The worst case for your capacitor would be a direct short circuit.  Then the
 > current would be limited by the resistance of the shorting material and the
 > internal inductance of the capacitor.

Ok.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz