Re: AC rateing of DC caps

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• Subject: Re: AC rateing of DC caps
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• Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:52:53 -0500
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From: 	Alan Sharp[SMTP:100624.504-at-CompuServe.COM]
Sent: 	Thursday, July 24, 1997 4:58 AM
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Subject: 	Re: 2 foot sparks - need more garage!


>How do you figure an equivalent AC voltage for a cap rated in DC.  I
don't want to bust mine.<

Kevin,

The wisdom on this list is to divide the DC voltage by 4,
28kV DC goes to 7kV AC for Tesla use - I've pushed this
to a little over 8kV, after observing that none of my
caps were getting warm.

Alan Sharp UK

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