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Re: (Fwd) bleeder resistors used with MMC



Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

http://www.hot-streamer.com/adam/burnt_mmc.jpg

A few have failed.

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Peter Terren"
> <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
<snip> Most use a single 1/2 watt 10M resistor per
> cap. This has always
> worried me as it is way overvolting the resistors
> rating of perhaps
> 500 - 800 V but in this pulse application they don't
> seem to
> fail.
</snip>