[Amps] Re: Step-start calculation

[R.Measures]

On Nov 21, 2004, at 3:31 PM, jeff millar wrote:

> Will...
>
> Wow...that's a scary paper.  But, I just don't understand it.  ...And 
> the calculations don't make sense.  For example, the paper insists 
> that zero voltage switching will cause horrible problems and computes 
> the current as
>
>    I = E/R = 120V / 1.5A = 80 Amps
>
> ...which reads to me as 120V not 0V.  So where does the 120V come from 
> if the line is crossing through zero????

Charging a 4500J C-filter in less than 1/60 second is seemingly a 
fairly large order
>
> ... ... ...

Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org