At 10:37 AM 3/23/2008, you wrote: >Spehro, >On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:19:23 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote: > > >... > > Hydrogen thyratrons are nice if you need high *peak* power.. for exampl= e, > > you could pick the CX2540 model with a rather respectable 40,000A @ > > 120kV rating (4.8 GW). > >What width of PCB track would you need for this? > >:-) > >Cheers, Using http://www.desmith.net/NMdS/Electronics/TraceWidth.html , and assuming 2 oz copper 200=B0C maximum temperature, I get around 100m. That's a big PC= B. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the rewar= d" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist