Re: Defibrillator

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>

I went back out to the shop and dug around till I found the left 
overs....  there was another cap inside the box protecting the main 
power supply transformer ( and main cap)! That one was 5KVDC at 21uF 
( about 1/2 the size of a small shoe box)...   the 3KVDC .01uF cap is 
connected to the broken spark gap firing pin... I suppose thats what 
made me think that it was the main cap   (I dont "think" sometimes ;) )

anyway...   it does have a bigger cap....

Scot D




Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Shaun Epp <scepp@xxxxxxx>
>
> .01 uF doesn't sound right, nowhere near enough energy to do any 
> good.  All the ones I've seen at work have 34uF 5Kv caps to deliver 
> upto 360 joules. The Automated Electronic Defibrillators (AEDs) that 
> I've heard of use upto 200 joules biphasic.  I'm not sure what 
> voltage or size of capacitor they have in them.
>
> Shaun Epp
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Defibrillator
>
>
> > Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunnikillr@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > the one I took apart ( with the assistance of a friend) had a 3KVDC 
> > .01uf cap in it.....    and a really nice 
> > diflourosulfide?/methane(?) spark gap ( which blew up and turned 
> > the interior aluminum parts a lovely purple) (( the reason why we 
> > took it apart  stunk like all heck broke loose))
> >
> > Scot D