Re: MMC resister problem

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Nope, all this would do is insure that the sum of all the voltages is
whatever you applied (if you shorted it, that would be zero volts).  The
individual caps could still be charged to relatively high voltages, as long
as the sum matched the voltage.  Formally, this is Kirchoff's Voltage Law,
which says that the sum of the voltages around a loop has to be zero.


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Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: MMC resister problem


> Original poster: "Dave Leddon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<leddon-at-attbi-dot-com>
>
> Couldn't you "discharge" an MMC by applying a relative low voltage (say
6.3
> VAC) across the capacitor array?  It would seem to me that the highest
> stored voltage would then be only  8.9 volts.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:33 PM 6/3/02 -0600, you wrote:
> >Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
> >Having a design that by its very nature leaves charge and stored energy
in
> >the system, and is impossible to discharge externally, makes me a bit
> >nervous.  If you were potting the caps permanently in epoxy or something
it
> >would be different (although, still dicey..)
> >
> >One of the beauties of a MMC is that if something goes awry and you DO
lose
> >a cap, you can replace just the one.  Therefore, serviceability of the
> >arrangement is desired.   The plastic cover over the cap connections
seems
> >a "