Re: Bleeder resistors

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Vince,

The time it will take for each cap to discharge is related to the product
of the R and C (called appropriately enough, the RC time constant). For
your values, RC = 0.15 seconds, and the capacitors will be fully discharged
in about 5*RC or about 0.75 Seconds.

Good luck on your MMC!

-- Bert --
-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
Email:    bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net
Web Site: http://www.teslamania-dot-com


Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Vince D'Amore by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <vincedamore-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> Hello People
> 
>  I have a question about bleed resistors for my MMC that I am building.
> I'm going to be using .150uF caps rated at 2kV each.
> Will a 1meg ohm resistor across each cap be sufficient?
> Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Vince
>