In message <[email protected]>, dated Fri, 12 Jun
2015, Richard Nute <[email protected]> writes:
Most of the voltage now appears across the larger capacitor. If this
capacitor is solid insulation (which has an electric strength many
times that of air) the solid insulation is not likely to fail.
In that case, the breakdown voltage used in the 'sum' calculation was
incorrect. For example, if the two voltages are 2 kV and 3 kV, the sum
is obviously 5 kV. If the surviving insulation actually withstands the
whole 5 kV, using '3 kV' in the calculation was not correct.
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