Yes it is comparing apples with oranges as you did not do what we expected. Perhaps the image below will help. This suggests an experiment as per your Culwick where the scope measures two voltages, Ch 1 is across your C and Ch 2 is across your Z. Now you can rotate the ring core to 3 different conditions, first with C inside the core, second with neither inside the core and third with Z inside the core. In all three positions the closed circuit encircles the core flux. What I expect to see is a current pulse induced into the closed circuit of C and Z in series (you could even use your hall probe to get that current) yielding different voltages across C and Z. And you get the same readings for all three different core positions. Note that for the first core position Ch 2 is giving the voltage across Z but in your previous experiments you insist this would be the voltage across C.
Smudge
Smudge, OK, here is the test you detailed and the results. First you are correct in that the results of the scope measurements are the same for all three core positions. First is a pix of the test setup you required. The 'C' in the core is a 1.06uf-2% film and the 'Z' is a 680pf-5% mica. The current probe seen at the top of the toroid is measuring the current between 'C' and 'Z'. The CH2(blu) probe is measuring the voltage across 'C'. The CH3(pnk) probe is measuring the voltage across 'Z', and the CH1(yel) is the mosfet gate signal used to drive the primary of 20 turns which is connected to a supply of 32v. Next is the first scope pix that shows an avg voltage across 'Z' of 1.478v and an avg voltage across 'C' of 4.381mv. Next is the scope pix of the current measured between 'C' and 'Z' which is seen to be 9.615ma rms at the rising edge of CH3 but essentially zero during the main portion of the cycle until the falling edge of CH3. At first glance, these results appear to show that 'C' really has no voltage across it while 'Z' does. This would be proving that the voltage I'm measuring across 'C' in my experiments is not real! Well, I disagree! Here is my analysis of this experiment. The voltage across 'Z' is real but where is it coming from? As you yourself have shown via FEMM, the E-Field magnitude outside the core is far less than in the core hole. So what we have is 1.478v on 'Z' but near zero on 'C'! Should we not see current flow in the probe that is measuring between these two potentials? I think so. So why does 'C' measure near zero volts? Because the E-Field influence on the CH2 probe that is the core center hole is equal and opposite the true voltage across 'C'. IOW, 1.478v does truly exist across 'C' and the tip of the probe "sees" this positive voltage, but the lower part of the probe exiting the hole in the toroid is at a near ground potential. This is because the section of the probe in the hole has the same potential across it as does 'C'. Hence, the scope sees zero voltage. So, the voltage potential across 'C' and 'Z' is equal and that is why we see no current flow between them. Also, 'C' is the voltage source for 'Z'. Regards, Jon
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