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Re: Safety gap issues
Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Safety gap issues
> Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> It's the first. This is basically a conservation of
> energy equation. It also assumes no losses, which
> isn't realistic, especially if you don't have a good
> spark gap.
>
> E = .5CV^2
> assume Epri = Esec, that gives you
> .5CpriVpri^2 = .5CsecVsec^2
> rearranging give you
> Vsec=sqrt(Cpri/Csec)
>
> Volts are RMS, Csec includes the secondary's self
> capacitance and the topload.
>
In the first equation above the voltage is usually defined as an actual
voltage not rms.
Robert (R. A.) Jones
A1 Accounting, Inc., Fl
407 649 6400