>
>In aircraft, a dual ignition system is used - because your life depends upon
>it. Perhaps a good practice to adopt is to use a redundancy on the bleeder
>resistors. This would protect the capacitors from blowing and also make
>sure the voltage is discharged.
>
// Two equalizers in parallel would not solve the open-resistor problem
because the resistance across each capacitor must be the same at all
times or capacitor failure is certain. High value wire-wound resistors
have a higher failure rate than MOF resistors, so the solution is avoid
wire-wound resistors in this application.
>... ...
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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