Re: 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>


Well,

My applied voltage is 15KV, however,
I think I need to design for 100KV. 

The capacitors will hold 100KV+ before 
breaking down, and should they ever get 
to these levels (ie spark gap goes kaput)
I want to bleed them safely. 

My goal is to make the most efficient, safe,
and well behaving coil I can. This involves PFC
capacitors, RF and EMI line filters, strike rails,
bleeder resistors, extra big hookup wire, good
isolation etc...






--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 10/18/02 5:09:24 PM Central
> Daylight Time, 
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
> > My cap max voltage is 100KV
> 
> Jeremy,
> 
> ...Not the voltage rating of the cap.
> We need to know the APPLIED voltage.
> For example, if you are using
> a 15/ 30 NST, the applied voltage is 15 kV.
> 
> Happy day,
> Ralph Zekelman
> 
> 
>