Re: High voltage power resistors

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

You can use conductive/dissipative paint (as used on ESD protected floors)
on an insulating form.  Some flat black spray paint uses carbon black as the
pigment, and it makes a nice high resistance coating. (Don't ask how I found
out the hard way on this)  Not all paint works.. you'll have to get a can,
spray it and try it.  Not only that, but even within the same mfr and type,
it changes.

Water resistors work very nicely, and can be packaged so they don't leak,
are resonably stable, etc.  http://home.earthlink-dot-net/~jimlux/hv/rwater.htm
has details.

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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: High voltage power resistors


> Original poster: "Richard Williams by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <richardwwilliams-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Looking for ideas on high voltage power resistors I found this:
>
>
<http://www.amasci-dot-com/tesla/pwres.txt>http://www.amasci-dot-com/tesla/pwres.txt
>
> Is this still applicable today? It was written 5 years ago. I know some
things
> have changed since then. A "water resistor" does work but I'd like
something
> dry.
>
> I'm running some tests on a HV DC supply, 15KV -at- 100ma. And I may have use
for
> a high voltage resistor/s later on.
>
> Any other ideas would be very appreciated.
> Thanks!
>
> Rick Williams
> SLC
>
>
>