Re: Microwave caps.

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



Two 4.7 megOhm, 1/2 Watt resistors soldered in series across each cap 
works well.

Dr. Resonance
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Subject: Re: Microwave caps.


> Original poster: Frosty <frosty90@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Thanks Christoph
>
> I was only thinking about using mirowave caps because i havent had 
> much luck with MMCs (they kept popping like fire crackers). I plan 
> to build up a new cap bank using MMCs, but i think my original 
> problem may have been with the bleeder resistors. What would be the 
> optimum value to use?
> I cant really remember what i was using before (it has long since 
> been dismantled) but i think it was about a mega-ohm.