Re: Spheres vs Toroids

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

How does the charge distribution on the toroid surface affect the
capacitance value?  Certainly the distribution is not uniform as with a
sphere?

Gerry R.


 > Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: Bart Anderson <classi6-at-classictesla-dot-com>
 >
 >  > Fantc (level 3 detail):  = 40.47pF
 >  > Javatc  (level 2 detail [by default]): = 40.41pF
 >
 > The version of Fantc that I have here (1.2) gives 40.54 pF.
 > (The best value so far is 40.583973310804090804 pF)
 >
 >  > I also ran Fantc at a level 10 (off my pc as I can set the code for
higher
 >  > details).
 >  > Anyway, it showed 40.55. I would say your 40.5648 is doing quite well
 >
 > I am now getting 40.5839733108040907 pF. Only the first 8 digits are
 > significant.
 >
 >  > Certainly, all these variances are insignificant.
 >
 > Surely. Soon we would be searching for secret messages in this
 > capacitance (see the book "Contact").
 >
 > Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
 >
 >