Capacitor Requirements

Now that we have our power source determined, we can figure out what size our capacitor needs to be. First, we need to get the impedance value for our power source so we can plug that into the equation for calculating capacitance:

• Output voltage (V) : 12000 volts
• Output amperage (I) : 0.03 amps
• Calculated impedance (Z) : 400000 ohms (Ω)

Next, we'll plug the Z value into this equation:

• Frequency (f) : 60 hertz (Hz)
• Capacitance (C) : 0.0066 micro Farad (μF)