Re: high voltage resistors

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Original poster: "Mike Harrison by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk>

BC Componnets (formerly Philips) VR68 series are 1 watt resistors rated at 
10KV each.
Unfortunately it is very hard to buy them in small quantities - Best I 
could find were Allied, who
do them in packs of 100.
http://www.alliedelec-dot-com/
do a search for High voltage resistor, 'BC Components', 'Part Description',
and scroll to the 1 watt parts

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:56:18 -0700, you wrote:

 >Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >
 >Hello, all!
 >
 >I'm looking for some inexpensive resistors that will stand off 20kV
 >pulses.  I have
 >no objections to using two or three in series.  I need a value of
 >30-40kohm.  I am
 >currently using 3 1/2W resistors in series, but question the longterm 
standoff
 >ability.  I have been considering the Ohmite OY series - 2W ceramic
 >composition
 >that are about .75" long and .3"diameter, available from Digikey.  But at
 >about a
 >buck each, I'd rather not spend $40 to discover they won't work!
 >
 >Thanks,
 >
 >Mark Broker
 >Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >