Re: capacitive or sat.reactor ballast?

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• Subject: Re: capacitive or sat.reactor ballast?
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 13:01:03 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: "B**2" <bensonbd-at-erols-dot-com>
> 
> Hi Tristan,
>     Reactive current limiting is used by Maxwell on their 100 kW 100 kV
> power supply.  It works great.  Be cautious of one thing though.  If the
> system resonates near 60 Hz the pig will fry.  A little resistance could
> help prevent this by dampening the circuit.


BTW, one other advantage of a DC resonant charger
is that the diodes effectively "De-Q" the charging
circuit by disallowing current reversal.  Therefore
no resistive elements are required.

-- 


-GL
www.lod-dot-org

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