Hi Dennis, The specs for a bleeder resistor are anything but critical. Was your cap .003 uF or .03uF? I use a .04uF cap. I constructed a bleeder out of thirty nine 2.0Meg 1/4W resistors (78Meg total). I calculated that with my .04uF cap, the time constant (R*C) is 3.2 sec. Five times the time constant is generally regarded as how long it takes to completely discharge the cap. My bleeder is pictured here, 5th photo from the top: http://www.laushaus.com/tesla/sync_gap.htm 1/4W resistors are normally not recommended for HV, but having so many in series keeps the voltage per resistor to acceptable limits. The important thing is to make sure that it's soundly constructed and wired to the cap. 78 Meg is higher than most multimeters can read so you need to be creative in verifying that sub-sections of the series chain are intact, thereby implying that the entire chain is wired intact. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:40 PM, dennis otmaskin <dotmaskin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would appreciate some guidance on the proper bleeder resistor for a 35kV > .003uF Maxwell pulse capacitor (#367667) or where I can go to find this > info. Thank you! > > Dennis, Hopkinton MA > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla