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Re: [Amps] Parasitics & Filament Sag

To: <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>, "R L Measures" <r@somis.org>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Parasitics & Filament Sag
From: "Mike Sawyer" <w3slk@uplink.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:51:43 -0400
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Peter said: 
    "Because the 'XL' is really sq.rt (XL^2 + RL^2) and the 'XC' is really 
sq..rt (XC^2+ RC^2) where RL and RC are the series resistances of the inductor 
and capacitor respectively. If you take the case where Q=5, then the 'XL'  
becomes an impedance of 1.1XL with a phase angle of 78.7degrees, rather than 90"


    Whoa Nellie! The way reactances are taught here are: XL) XL=2*p*f*L where 
as p= 3.14 (for all practical purposes), f= frequency, and L= inductance in 
henries. Then XL is the reactive component in ohms. XC= 1/2*p*f*C, where C= 
capacitance in farads. Like wise, XC is the reactive component. 
    Never in the course of any electronics training and basic AC theory (at 
least here anyway) has the circuit resistive component been used in computing 
capacitive or inductive reactance. It IS used in determining the overall 
"circuit Q", but it is done completely and independently of the reactance 
computations.
Mod-U-Lator,
Mike(y)
W3SLK

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