Re: MMC resistor question

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Original poster: "Mike Harrison by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>

On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:31:34 -0700, you wrote:

>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>Terry, all,
>
>I noticed that common 1/2 watt resistors are generally used with
>MMC caps as bleeders.  But these resistors are rated at about 370
>volts I believe?  Has anyone had any problems with the resistors
>failing, or maybe contributing to MMC failure, due to tracking along
>the resistor, etc.  I seem to remember that Terry did some testing
>of the resistors, and they seemed to be able to withstand a lot of
>over-volting.  I didn't see anything about this subject of resistor voltage
>capability at your website Terry, but I may have missed it.
>
>Does it matter if the resistors are carbon film, or metal film, etc?

Ideally you should use metal-glaze resistors, which have much higher
voltage ratings, and are not particularly expensive.