Re: Thanks for the support

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Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx 

Jim, are you saying there IS a problem with connecting the metal 
drain grill at the bottom a neighbor's swimming pool?  Yikes!  I have 
to go take care of something.  Dennis


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Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks for the support

Original poster: Jim <branley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Brilliant explanation.
Now I can build my coil today.
Thanks for the help. I will try not to ask any dumb questions, like 
why does my meter read 118 amps when I plug it into a wall 
receptacle? How do you measure the voltage? Or can I use the metal 
drain grill at the bottom of my neighbors swimming pool for my rf 
ground. We thought it would be nice to run the coil while celebrating 
his 8 year old's birthday swimming party.
Jim
>Hi Mike:
>Thanks for the uplifting email. I have to admit that I have asked a few
>dumb questions on this list.
>
>I think I've got my hands wrapped around capacitor theory pretty well.
>There are still a few questions about capacitors that loom in the back
>of my head though.
>When they are in series, how do they all fire at the same time. Is
>there
>not a delay for each capacitor to build a charge after it;s predecessor
>fires?
>
>You know? That is an interesting question. I would have to 
say >that there is a cascade effect(best term I could think of here) 
when >they discharge, but that it happens so fast that the delay is neglible.
>I don't think anyone has ever talked about this - at least not 
that >I remember. For designing coils, it's important to realize 
that >all the caps in a series string accumulate the same charge, so 
if >you have one cap in a string with a significantly higher 
capacitance >than others, it will have a proportioally lower voltage 
across >it. Since the caps charge via dispacement current, I would 
hazard >a guess that charging a string has that same small delay as 
they are >charging, but again, the timeframe is so short that we 
ignore it. I >could envision it like a bunch of double ended balloons 
connected in >sereis by pipes and filled from one end with water. 
because >hydrualically they should all see the same pressure 
instantly, they >should fill equally, but because there would be some 
pressure drop >in the pipes as filling they would fill in sequence to 
a small >degree. Electrically, this would be much faster 
though...probably >in p icoseconds.
> Thanks for making me think so early in the morning.....might > 
give a nosebleed haha.
>
>Thanks and good luck with your next coil.
>Jim
>You too.
>Mike
>
>
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