Bleeder Resistor Calculation

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi,

I'm trying to calculate a value for an 
acceptible bleeder resistor array for
my caps.

My cap max voltage is 100KV

I would like to use 30 10Mohm/1Watt 
resistors in series across it. 
(Cheaper than buying one big resistor)

Would that work?

My Calculations:

100,000V / 300,000,000 ohms = 1/3000 

1/3000 * 100,000V = 33 Watts

33 Watts / 30 resistors = 1.1 Watt/Resistor

Does this seem right? 

I don't want my resistors to overheat and explode.










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