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For this reason, induction coils were called spark coils. An induction coil is traditionally characterised by the length of spark it can produce; a '4 inch' (10 cm) induction coil could produce a 4 inch spark. Until the development of the cathode ray oscilloscope, this was the most reliable measurement of peak voltage of such asymmetric ...
English: Schematic diagram of a Ruhmkorff coil (induction coil or "spark coil") circuit. The Ruhmkorff coil was a high voltage transformer that generated pulsing high voltage current from a low voltage DC source by use of a vibrating magnetic contact arm called an interrupter. It was developed between 1836 and 1870 by Nicholas Callan, Heinrich ...
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A motor capacitor [1] [2] is an electrical capacitor that alters the current to one or more windings of a single-phase alternating-current induction motor to create a rotating magnetic field. [ citation needed ] There are two common types of motor capacitors, start capacitor and run capacitor (including a dual run capacitor ).
English: Schematic of a parallel plate capacitor with a dielectric spacer. Two plates with area A {\displaystyle A} are separated by a distance d {\displaystyle d} . When a charge ± Q {\displaystyle \pm {}Q} is moved between the plates, an electric field E {\displaystyle E} exists in the region between the plates.
Each turn of the coil is at a slightly different potential, so the electric field between neighboring turns stores charge on the wire, so the coil acts as if it has a capacitor in parallel with it. At a high enough frequency this capacitance can resonate with the inductance of the coil forming a tuned circuit , causing the coil to become self ...
File:Induction coil waveforms.svg; File:Induction coil waveforms with capacitor.svg; Primarily, the figures do not show the effects of breakdown. The comments are misleading. The first figure has an odd idealization. Apparently it wants a stray capacitance to explain a limiting peak voltage but then ignores the capacitance for the decay.
A choke usually consists of a coil of insulated wire often wound on a magnetic core, although some consist of a doughnut-shaped ferrite bead strung on a wire. The choke's impedance increases with frequency. Its low electrical resistance passes both AC and DC with little power loss, but its reactance limits the amount of AC passed.