Re: Beginner : Joules to amperage

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Original poster: Albert Eardley <altech6983@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hello

Sorry about the last message I went to hit the spell
check but hit send. I was saying that I am going to
use  them for a rail gun which is dc. they are rated
for 1700 VDC at 80Mfd. I was probably going to hook 10
in parallel. I can't find the Data sheet on them They
are AEROVOX ENERGY DISCHARGE CAPACITORS ZD172EW080P01.

Thanks,
Albert

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Terry Fritz
> <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yes.  Of course! ;-))
>
> Cheers,
>
>          Terry
>
>
> At 12:24 PM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
> > >Original poster: Terry Fritz
> <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Hi,
> >
> > >At 12:10 PM 7/9/2005, you wrote:
> >
> > >>Hello
> > >>I have a capacitor that is rated 80mfd at 1300
> Vac. I
> > >>calculated 676 joules.
> >
> > >E = 1/2 x C x V^2  == 1/2 x 80e-6 x 1300^2 = 67.6
> joules
> >
> >maybe e = 135.2 j, coz 1300 vac = 1838.5 vdc?
> >;-)
> >
> >---
> >Your not coiling unless your blowing capacitors!
> Then when you get things
> >worked
> >out to where the capacitors stop blowing, you start
> blowing transformers.
> >(c) Richard Quick 11-03-93 20:42
>
>
>