Comments on: 24kJ Capacitor Bank

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:59:54 +0000

Wow, I want a back for the next 4th of July.

By: FastMHz

FastMHz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:33:57 +0000

Volume 2 –

By: Christopher Karr

Christopher Karr — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:45:31 +0000

@sieg – To calculate power of a capacitor, you take voltage and multiply it by itself, multiply the product of that by the capacitance in farads, and divide by two, to get the energy in joules.

Simplified, this is V^2 * C / 2 = J

Where
V = Volts,
C = Capacitance,
2 = 2
J = Energy in Joules

By: NAPOLEON

NAPOLEON — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:38:31 +0000

what are the requirement need in construction of 33kv to 11kv capacitor bank.

By: NAPOLEON

NAPOLEON — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:31:52 +0000

if there is any short circuit in one of the capacitor connected in paralle. will it affect the other capacitor?. if your ansswer is yes . how can one rectified the fault?.

By: Sieg

Sieg — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:34:15 +0000

How can you calculate the power output (Joules) of any capacitor bank?

By: jon

jon — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:08:47 +0000

where did u get those capacitors and how much did they cost?

By: aj-kun

aj-kun — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:38:29 +0000

hate to be the one who pays his power bill

By: FastMHz

FastMHz — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:06:04 +0000

Yes, the kilovolts are needed because of Ohm’s law. 2.7v would simply heat the coil and very slowly discharge. The high voltage causes more current to be drawn, the discharge to happen much more quickly, and therefore the magnetic field to be much higher.

By: camel2

camel2 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:52:15 +0000

Couldn’t you have used like 2 supercaps of 3000F 2.7V instead, wich is also like 22~24kj ?
Aren’t they fast enough to discharge maybe? Do you really need the 4.5kV?

Regards

By: isa de leener

isa de leener — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:11:12 +0000

THIS VIDEO IS SO FUNNY

By: fox64

fox64 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:38:48 +0000

I came

By: witchdoctor

witchdoctor — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:24:08 +0000

+1 creepy high-pitched maniacal laughter

By: FastMHz

FastMHz — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:44:29 +0000

Now there’s a thought…I’d *love* to see this thing fire in slow-mo recorded at 20k fps!!!

By: phorce1

phorce1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:59:10 +0000

The discharge is too fast for a regular camera to do justice in slow-mo. He needs to contact the guys at the new TV show “Time warp” and see if he can get them to record it for their show at up to 20K fps.

You’d have to guarantee not to EM blast the equipment though