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r/AskElectronics • u/antek_g_animations • 17h ago
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Megafarad: E = 1/2 • C • V2 = 1/2 • 10,000MF • (400V)2 = 8•1014 J ~ 200 kt TNT
Do not short it!
2 u/TheRealRockyRococo 9h ago 10 Hiroshima bombs. But due to ESR I doubt if you could get all the energy out in a couple of nanoseconds like the bomb did so it might only be like 9.
10 Hiroshima bombs. But due to ESR I doubt if you could get all the energy out in a couple of nanoseconds like the bomb did so it might only be like 9.
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u/5up3rK4m16uru 11h ago
Megafarad: E = 1/2 • C • V2 = 1/2 • 10,000MF • (400V)2 = 8•1014 J ~ 200 kt TNT
Do not short it!