Re: Maxwell capacitor question

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Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

Or simply use a 200khz AC square wave with a bridge rectifier (or midpoint
grounded with double output voltage and 2 diodes), makes the transformer
1/20 the size and weight of 60hz too.

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Subject: Re: Maxwell capacitor question


 > Original poster: Finn Hammer <f-h-at-c.dk>
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 > Tesla list wrote:
 > >Original poster: "Phil Heslin" <pheslin-at-cox-dot-net>
 > >Hi David,
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 > >    I have often wondered if it would worth it to build a rectifier to
avoid
 > >the voltage reversals and extend the life of the cap(s).
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 > The voltage reversal during charging, which is a 50/60Hz thing probably
 > don`t stress the cap too much.
 > It is the voltage reversal during the ringdown that is the killer. Since
 > this happens both with AC as well as DC feed, a rectified charging system
 > will not make much of a difference in this respect.
 > There are other virtues to a DC sharging system, stepless variable BPS
 > being the most prominent, although I think you need 3-phase to acheive the
 > greatest benefit of it: the lack of need for smoothing caps.
 >
 > Cheers, Finn Hammer
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