Re: Bleed Resistor for Homemade/Large Caps - THE FULL DESIGN NOTE S

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>

Matt,

Opps! Thanks for the corection.

I'll go back to my cave now ;-)


Jonathan Peakall

 >
 > Hi Jonathan,
 > Let's go back to Ohm's Law 101
 > I = E / R and W=ExI
 > If there are 10 equal resistors in series, each one passes current of I
and
 > has a voltage drop across it of E/10. Therefore the power dissipated by
 > each resistor will be I x E/10= W/10, not W. Ten equal 1/2 watt resistors
 > can dissipate 5 watts total. Current passing through each resistor is I,
 > total voltage drop across the string is E, total power is E x I.
 >         I made this same mistake last month while trying to think at 3AM.
;-)
 > Matt D.
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