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Re: doorknob capacitor



On Tue, 27 Aug 1996 23:00:05 -0600, Tesla List
<tesla@poodle.pupman.com>, you wrote:

>>From major@vicksburg.comTue Aug 27 22:57:34 1996
>Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 19:26:23 -0500
>From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major@vicksburg.com>
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: doorknob capacitor
>
>I have a sprague 30 KVDC capacitor at 4700 picofarads. I don't want to 
>use it in the tank circuit but I wonder if it would hold up as a bypass 
>cap?
>  Could any of you brave souls help me out?
>
It will draw 26.58 ma at 15kV (60Hz). That's fine for a pig, but a
little high for a neon. P = 399VA

Z= 1/ (2 * pi * f * C);  I = V / Z.

	jim