Re: What wattage resistors for NST protection?

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• Subject: Re: What wattage resistors for NST protection?
• From: "Mike Harrison" <wwl-at-netcomuk.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:11:22 -0700
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:45:27 -0700, you wrote:

>Original Poster: "Travis Tabbal" <bigboss-at-xmission-dot-com> 
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>
>> Original Poster: "William Parn" <parn-at-fgm-dot-com>
>>
>> What wattage resistors are required for NST protection?
>> I think I have been seeing wattage resistors that
>> are a lot lower than the actuall watts of the NST.
>> Can someone explain how this works.
>
>I'm using 25W resistors with my 15/60. I couldn't get the 50W units I
>wanted, so I just made do. They work fine, but they get hot after a few
>minutes of run time. 
A quick warning about grossly overrunning resistors - I have seen the
end seals of one of the (usually) gold-coloured aluminium clad power
resistors disintegrate with considerable speed and an alarming BANG
when severely overstressed. ceramic types could also possibly shatter.
be careful!

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