RE: MMC bleed resistors

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Original poster: "Tristan Steele" <tsteele-at-westnet-dot-com.au> 

Randy,

These resistors that you have thousands of, are they any different to a
normal 1/2 watt resistor?  I have found a relatively cheap source of
'normal' 1/2 watt resistors, but were wondering if they were suitable for
high voltage application.  I am about to build a tesla coil, and am trying
to assemble a list of part suppliers in AUS.  If anybody has any
recommendations, it would be greatly appreciated.

Secondly, Is it possible to make a MMC using LOTS of Ceramic Capacitors (ie
4700pF 3kV)?

Many Thanks
Tristan


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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, 12 March 2004 16:05
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: MMC bleed resistors

Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Randy,

I have a few thousand of those resistors here.  Just send me your address
and how many you want.

Cheers,

          Terry


At 08:49 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
 >I need to put bleed resistors on my MMC.  I went looking for 10M
 >resistors, and S#!t!!  There is a big selection and price range for ½ watt
 >10M resistors.  Is there a particular type I want?  Most have a voltage
 >rating less than I expect to apply to it.  As long as I don’t get an arc
 >over the top…. Isn’t a 10M resistor a 10M resistor?
 >
 >Randy