Re: Calculating Cap RMS current

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Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

Your current seams very low. I use  10-    0.1 ohm resistors in parallel or
a current transformer to measure my primary current and I get over 200 amps
peak. Resistors or transformer read about the same with a scope.
    Robert   H
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 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:35:19 -0700
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Calculating Cap RMS current
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:42:15 -0700
 >
 > Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > Is there a formula out there for calculating the tank cap rms current? Just
 > wondering how java tc gets it's numbers for that. Also for the primary
 > resistance to put in, is that from the (2pi)FL formula? I keep getting
 > answers way bigger (like 10-20 or more) than the default 3 ohms.
 >
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