[TCML] cap strings

[mark olson]

At 11:18 AM 1/19/08 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi group,
>
>If a string of caps in series have different voltage ratings, do the 
>ratings add, or does the voltage add evenly
>across each cap?  In other words, if the string has one 20kv cap and four 
>1.5kv caps with 25kv across the
>string, does each cap see 5kv and the 1.5kv's blow, or does the rating of 
>the string equal 26kv and everything
>is fine?
If the 20kv is 0.05mfd and the four 1.5kv are 0.5mfd, then the 20kv will 
see 10x the volts the 1.5kv?  Will this work?
Thanks again
Marko

>Thanks,
>Marko
>
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