Re: Bleeders

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

1 Watt is fine...

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Subject: Bleeders


 > Original poster: "Ian McLean" <ianmm-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > Finally got my order of 60 x 942C20P15K 0.15uF 2000V caps from Richardson
 > Electronics here in Sydney.  Woo hoo.  Starting to build my MMC this
 > afternoon.  5 strings of 12 caps per string.  Seperate units for playing
 > with capacitance values between about 25nF and 67nF.
 >
 > A question to the list if I may.  I have checked my supply of resistors,
and
 > on hand I have enough (60) 10M resistors  in both 1/2W metal film, and 1W
 > carbon film.  Which would be best ?  It is just that the Geek Group says
 > that 1/2W 10M carbon film are best.  Maybe I am being paranoid.  If 1/2W
 > carbon is OK, then surely 1W carbon is OK (or even better?) too ?  The
metal
 > film's, even though rated as 1/2W are small and the same size as standard
 > 1/4W carbon, and I thought, hmmm, maybe too small to be safe.
 >
 > Any comments, or should I just shut up, stop being fickle, and go and
build
 > my MMC with the 1W carbon resistor bleeders ...
 >
 > Rgs
 > Ian
 >
 >