Bob, I had the same setup with a voltage doubler to produce 6.2KV for a
4-1000A. Initially I did not connect the resistor to the center of the
capacitors. Everything work OK. Then when I was going to work on the power
supply one day after the power supply had not been on for a while, I went
through with the shorting probe to make sure all the capacitors were
discharged. B A N G! One was not. After that I connected the bleeder resistor
across the capacitors.
Denis Ve6AQ ( Battered but still standing!)
Bob Maser wrote:
> I plan on using 4 32uf @4500WV GE "Geconol" filled capacitors in a series -
> parallel configuration, 2 series strings of 2 then connected in parallel. I
> plan on using 2 62K 210W bleeder resistors in series for a total of 124K.
> My question is: do I have to connect the junction of the 2 resistors to the
> junctions of the 2 sets of series strings of capacitors? Is it necessary to
> equalize each oil filled cap?
>
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> cap cap res
> |-----------|-------------| Do I have to
> connect the dotted lines?
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> cap cap res
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>
> Bob
>
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