>
>About 40 years when reliability tests were done at Marconi, they used
>equalising resistors. I beleive that they had many failures without them.
>With modern diodes, all from the same batch, it may not be necessary. The
>resisitpors and capacitors do need to be rated for the voltage - 1kV rated
>resistors aren't that common cheap - which is probably why people have had
>trouble with over run resistors blowing.
>
? In days of yore, folks commonly used 1w-rated resistors for equalizing
1000piv diodes. The max. rated potential for a 1w resistor is typically
350v.
>
- cheers, Peter
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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