[Amps] grid resonance
Steve Thompson
g8gsq at eltac.co.uk
Sun Aug 6 18:33:02 EDT 2006
Peter Chadwick wrote:
> Vic wrote:
>
>>Let's say I take a coil and connect a capacitor across it. If I couple
>
> RF into the coil from my GDO, I think you'll agree that it's a parallel
> circuit.<
> No. The current induced in the coil is in series with the coil. So the whole thing is a series resonant circuit. Or Kirchoff is wrong.
In a finite universe I figure there's always going to be some
capacitance and/or inductance and/or resistance between the 'open' ends
of a series L and C, so everything is a parallel circuit. The issue is
whether it's significant.
Steve
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