Re: SGTC

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Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx 

In a message dated 5/1/07 3:10:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Well, I imagine the transformer side of the of both caps could be at
>one potential, and the primary side could be at another. The caps
>isolate each other from being shorted by the transformer. With one
>cap, the primary connects the other end to the transformer. With 2 the
>2nd cap isolates it. I wish I could explain it better, but I need a
>picture...

    Thank you!
    This scenario makes sense, as you could consider the caps in 
parallel with the same voltage on each. As such, there would be no discharge.
    But the same thing could occur *within* an MMC, or mutli-plate 
cap. This is why we coilers put bleeders across each individual cap 
in a bank that is accessible from the outside.
    The question then is, "How do we end up with the peculiar 
situation of equal but opposite voltages on two parts of a series cap 
bank in TC service?". And "Is the Equidrive configuration more prone 
to this phenomenon? If so, why?"

-Phil LaBudde




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