RE: How bad did I boo-boo??? MMC Resistor.

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Original poster: "Ken Stevens by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bluewaterdiver-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Again, I could have given a little more info. I have to stop writing
these just before I go to bed!!!

I have a 10 series x 3 parallel Geek Group MMC.

Bert came up with a possibility, but I can't use it with my array.

So tomorrow morn I'll tuck my tail, head down to the electronics store,
plead insanity (beats stupidity!!!) and get the 10M's!!

Thanks all, I thought I might be able to pull it out, but it's not to
be!

Ken Stevens

>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:45 AM
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>Subject: RE: How bad did I boo-boo??? MMC Resistor.
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>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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>Well lets see.  How many series caps do you have??  You could figure
out
>the
>power consumption.  Lets just take a DC example.
>Say we have a series string of 10 MMC capacitors across 15,000 VDC (of
>course, your coil will not be DC).  Each capacitor has a 1meg across it
so
>effectively you have 10meg across 15,000 VDC will consume 22.5 Watts of
>power or 2.25 watts across each resistor . . . well you get the picture
. .
>.
>
>Yes, you'll need to get those 10 meg resistors.  However, if you're MMC
has
>maybe 50 capacitors in series, then you are probably alright.
>
>Dan
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>I grabbed and didn't look before I bought!!!
>
>I got 1M 1W Metal Film NTE resistors (Blue Body). Did I boo-boo or can
>they work? Do I NEED 10M's??
>
>Do I need to go back and plead stupidity??
>
>I should know better than to shop on my lunch break!!!! No time to
>paruse!!!
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ken Stevens
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