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Re: Bleed Resistor for Homemade/Large Caps - THE FULL DESIGN NOTE S



Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>

In series, the resistors current rating will be the value of the lowest
resistor in the series and the resistance values add up. In parallel, the
current rating is added, and the resistance value added. So in this case,
each resistor must be rated for 5 watts.

Regards,

Jonathan Peakall

 >
 > 143Mohm -at- 5 watts...
 >
 > Now how does one make such a resistor, since
 > I'm sure that one of that specification does
 > not exist in a single package...
 >
 > Would it be safe to series fifteen 10M resistors
 > rated for 1/2 watt each? Or would each of the
 > resistors have to be rated -at- 5 watts?