Re: Hosfelt snubber caps

["Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: MShock8073-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> In a message dated 9/8/00 8:49:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> 
> << Also, I was hoping someone could suggest a good source for
>  1/2 or 1 watt, 10 meg bleeder resistors (preferably some local
>  jobber like Radio Shack). Thanks in advance for your answers. >>
> 
> Radioshack-dot-com has their 1/2 watt 10Mohm resistors for a penny a piece in
> quantities of 100. I am lucky enough to live within driving distance of one
> of their 3 -dot-com stores so I get them in bags of 100 for $1.07 tax and all. If
> you don't live in a city with one of the stores they will ship to you and
> you'll have to add shipping to that, but, it should still beat Mouser or
> Digi-key because you don't have to buy 1000 at a time to get a good price.
> 
> Marc

	WARNING:  Although RS doesn't list the voltage rating of those little
resistors, a typical value is about 200 VDC.  If I were using them I'd
put enough in series (across each capacitor) to make sure the voltage
was less than about the 200 I mentioned above.

Ed