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GoGeTa006:
k. . .I came across this "flash charger" that was used by a photographer. . .obviously to charge the flash lights (the BIG ONES) you know those that have stands and all.
ok so I dissasembled it and found this huge capacitors (around 10 cm tall, diameter of around 4 cm). . .im eyeballing it.

ok so I look at this capacitors and they have nothing printed on them. . .some numbers and stuff that I looked online and couldnt find anything. . .I used some oscilometer and stuff to measure resistance  .. .and I came around 1000 micro farads.
Now im trying to find the voltage. . .

I was thinking of frying it. . .but I dont want to waste it. . .
anyone knows how to know the voltage capacity of a capacitor?

the purpose of this. . .is (if you read my last semester post about a railgun and coil gun. . . well you can go from there)

bloody000:
AFAIK the voltage is just a rating and as such cannot be simply measured.

darren42:
the capacitor should have something written on it, otherwise it will be next to impossible to detail the voltage rating

BuriaL:
I dunno much about this but google spit out some info.
Maybe its helpful. If you know the charge and capacitance you can calculate voltage?
*shrug*

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/capacit.htm

GoGeTa006:

--- Quote from: BuriaL on October 01, 2009, 05:35:19 PM ---I dunno much about this but google spit out some info.
Maybe its helpful. If you know the charge and capacitance you can calculate voltage?
*shrug*

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/capacit.htm



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charge is something else.
i know the capacitance and thats it.


--- Quote from: darren42 on October 01, 2009, 08:00:36 AM ---the capacitor should have something written on it, otherwise it will be next to impossible to detail the voltage rating

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nop! it has numbers and everything but I googled it all up and came across nothing. . .I tried looking it as a part number from this thing and nothing either. . .
Tho by seeing this flash charger's name
norma 800 . . . . I think theres a chance of that being the voltage. . .altough that is EXTREMELY high. . .i was guessing around 500 at the most. . .but i wanted an exact measure. .
but well. . .if it cant be done then it cant be done,. ..

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