Re: Bleeder resisters

["Steve & Jackie Young" <youngs-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Dear Bleeders,

Just use the plain old 1 cent resistors rated at 250 volts or so.  BUT,
string several identical ones in series for each capacitor.  For example,
five 2 megohm resistors in series will probably handle a couple of KV.  Much
more soldering, but the price is right.

Perhaps Terry can drag out his HV tester and see just how much higher than
250 volts typical one cent quarter watt resistors can take.  Then use a
third or half that maximum voltage to determine how many you need in series
across each cap.  EMMR bleeders?
--Steve

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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 7:10 AM
Subject: RE: Bleeder resisters


> Original poster: "Neil Chambers" <Neil_Chambers-at-paragon-it-dot-com>
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> Original poster: "Mike Harrison" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>
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> >Of course almost any device will work in excess of its ratings, but
> >you never know how much headroom you may or may not have.  Unless you
> >know for sure that the resistors you are using have the required
> >rating there will be some risk of failure. As bleeder resistors are to
> >some extent safety-related, and the correct ones are not expensive in
> >absolute terms, I see no good reason not to use ones with the correct
> >rating.
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> That makes sense, but I have not been able to find resisters rated at
>1000V
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