Re: alternative bleeder resistor wiring?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Bill,

This will work.  You may want to use two or three resistors in series at
each point since the voltage is higher like this.  You should keep the
resistors away from the capacitor bodies since the plates are right under
the tape wrap and they could blow through the side if a lead of opposite
potential were placed right up against the side of the cap.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 06:07 AM 11/10/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Finally got my geek group caps, and I'll be constructing a 9 string of
>11 caps each MMC (8 by 11 for 15/240 NST, LTR with sync gap (triggered),
>and a spare string).  I still haven't decided exactly how I'll arrange
>the caps, but one problem is that my bleeder resistors (10MegOhm 1/2
>Watt from allelectronics) are barely longer (with leads) than the caps
>themselves, making construction difficult  without soldering a little
>bit of wire for each resistor
>
>I once saw a jpeg of an MMC that had the bleeder resistors wired
>slightly differently than usual.  Can't seem to find the page, but the
>caps were cylindrical, like the geek group caps, though maybe yellow,
>and the caps were closely packed in each string.  Anyway, the bleeder
>resistors were wired not across each cap in the string, but across each
>pair of caps in the string, as follows (the Z's represent resistors;
>you'll need a fixed width font for this) -
>
>
>    |
>    |
>    |
>    +---)|---+
>    |        |
>    Z        |
>    |        |
>    +---|(---+
>    |        |
>    |        Z
>    |        |
>    +---)|---+
>    |        |
>    Z        |
>    |        |
>    +---|(---+
>    |        |
>    |        Z
>    |        |
>    +---)|---+
>    |        |
>    Z        |
>    |        |
>    +---|(---+
>    |
>    |
>    |
>
>
>It would be easier to wire.  For instance, in a construction like on the
>geek group site:
>http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/12kVMMC/12kVMMC.html
>all the resistors could be wired on the outside.
>
>The only question is, does it work?  Is it safe, for me and my caps?
>
>Another question: How close can I safely bend the cap leads against the
>ends of the cap?
>
>	Thanks,
>	Bill Vanyo
>