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  1. cowboyengineer

    calculating minimum air gap

    Thanks for all your replies, and I agree completely wtih nubucska's opinion (don't calculate if you don't need). I understand the mitagating factors that were brought up by the others too. This request is derived from a potential quality problem were are experiencing. Our managment [not...
  2. cowboyengineer

    calculating minimum air gap

    Thanks for your help, but I have many opinions on what is ok or not. What I'm looking for is a calculation to determine the theoretical limit. Thanks
  3. cowboyengineer

    calculating minimum air gap

    This is not on a board, but terminals on a connector for a small coil. Yes there are design standards, our design group specifies that the gap must be greater than 0.6mm. The point is that I want to check the calculation myself, the design group is 6000 miles away, and I don't realy trust the...
  4. cowboyengineer

    calculating minimum air gap

    Mechanical engineer here, so sorry if this is a an easy question, or in the wrong forum. I need to determine the minimum air gap between two voltage carrying terminals, in order to prevent arcing. The terminals are parallel, with no protruding shapes in the direction of the other terminal...
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