Re: [TCML] cap strings

[mark olson <kc5gym@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:18 AM 1/19/08 -0600, you wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> If a string of caps in series have different voltage ratings, do the 
> ratings add, or does the voltage add evenly
> across each cap?  In other words, if the string has one 20kv cap and four 
> 1.5kv caps with 25kv across the
> string, does each cap see 5kv and the 1.5kv's blow, or does the rating of 
> the string equal 26kv and everything
> is fine?
If the 20kv is 0.05mfd and the four 1.5kv are 0.5mfd, then the 20kv will 
see 10x the volts the 1.5kv?  Will this work?
Thanks again
Marko

> Thanks,
> Marko
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