Re: Why need bleeder resistors?

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Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

You wouldn't, but without some sort of filtering it looks like some major
voltage spikes would get back into the windings and fry them.
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Subject: Why need bleeder resistors?


 > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > In a classic tesla coil circuit, the NST is in series with capacitor and
 > primary, with the spark gap across the rails of the NST.  Now this means
 > that when power is off, the capacitors would be shorted out by the
 > secondary of the NST and it would discharge the capacitor right?  Why
would
 > you need bleeder resistors then?
 >
 > Regards - Jim Mitchell
 >
 >
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