RE: Bleeder resistor for Maxwell cap?

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

Just build a resistor out of a string 1/2 watt resistors.  I'd recommend
using a string of at least 15 units to keep the voltage on each below
the arcing limit.  With a .06uF cap charged to 20kV, a 30 MegOhm string
of fifteen 2Meg resistors will discharge the voltage to 77 volts in ten
seconds.  The bleeder will draw about 0.5mA of current.  Of course, if
your cap is hooked up to your primary and NST as it normally would be,
the NST secondary will discharge it virtually immediately as soon as you
turn it off, and the bleeder string is there only is something goes
wrong. 

Gary Lau
MA, USA

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Subject: Bleeder resistor for Maxwell cap?


Original poster: "Bill Vanyo by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <vanyo-at-echoes-dot-net>

So I went and bought a Maxwell cap on eBay - 30kV, 0.06uF.  It'll be an
LTR cap for three 15/60 NST's (maybe a fourth 15/60 or a 15/30 thrown
on).

I was going to build an MMC, but I figured this would get me up and
running with my first coil quicker - no soldering all those caps and
resistors, etc.  If it blows, it blows, and I'll build an MMC.

Now, can I put a bleeder resistor across this as a safety precaution?
(I'd still discharge to ground after use.)  What type?  Preferably
something readily available from a supplier on the web.

	Thanks again,
	Bill Vanyo