[Amps] Bleeder Resistor Inquiry

[Will Matney]

Henry,

You think I might be shell shocked? I don't know why anymore, but that loud crack just makes me jump out of my skin. The only thing I can think of is just hearing it so many times. Funny thing is, I can shoot a gun at target practice all day long, and it dont bother me in the least bit! But really, I think there's a difference in the sound, I'm not sure.

This discharger I made, when using it, you dont hear nothing. Of course that's due to the resistors discharging the load to where the relay can handle a small amount. Plus, the voltmeter allows me to be sure it's discharged. When I made that, I said then it had to be one of the best projects I ever built.

Best,

Will

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On 4/24/05 at 9:12 AM HENRY PFIZENMAYER wrote:

>Will - Talk about a bang - you should have heard the power supply dump on
>the Gates VP100 supply 30 KV at 14 amps - they used Jennings vacuum
>contactors and a bank of resistors on the cabinet wall, still a huge bang
>when there was a ube or whatever  arc to trigger the power supply energy
>dump - Hank K7HP