Good point about the defib - note the 'public' defibs that are intended for use by common guy on an airplane or business office. According to the compliance guy that works down the street from me (at a large biomed company), they bought a box-full and modified the caps.
Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PSES] Discharge capacitors > > You can get SCRs up to 7KV withstand, or you can stack them > to get the > voltage rating if you do it right. The critical parameters > are maximum > rate of current rise and peak current capability. In > general, you'd want > an SCR rated for inverter duty as these are much faster than > the ordinary > phase control variety. Still, you will be working in > microseconds, not > nanoseconds. Spark gaps and electromechanical switches are clumsy > devices, but still can't be beat for abrupt risetimes at > very large power > levels. I'm wondering if there is a mercury contactor rated for your > voltage requirement. Also, perhaps instead of simulating a > defibrillator > you could use a real one. I've seen used ones. > > Orin Laney - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
