RE: How bad did I boo-boo??? MMC Resistor.

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



Well lets see.  How many series caps do you have??  You could figure out the
power consumption.  Lets just take a DC example.
Say we have a series string of 10 MMC capacitors across 15,000 VDC (of
course, your coil will not be DC).  Each capacitor has a 1meg across it so
effectively you have 10meg across 15,000 VDC will consume 22.5 Watts of
power or 2.25 watts across each resistor . . . well you get the picture . .
.

Yes, you'll need to get those 10 meg resistors.  However, if you're MMC has
maybe 50 capacitors in series, then you are probably alright.

Dan



I grabbed and didn't look before I bought!!!

I got 1M 1W Metal Film NTE resistors (Blue Body). Did I boo-boo or can
they work? Do I NEED 10M's??

Do I need to go back and plead stupidity??

I should know better than to shop on my lunch break!!!! No time to
paruse!!!

Thanks,

Ken Stevens