Re: Formula for Joules

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

To put this in "Tesla Coil" mode:

J=.5*Cp*Vp^2

Example: If tank cap is .01uF and transformer is 15,000 V, then:
0.5 * .01uF * (15000 * 1.414)^2 = 1.56 joules.

Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<RQBauzon-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> J= .5CV^2