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Re: [Amps] HV resistor source

To: "'Drax Felton'" <draxfelton@gmail.com>, <Amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] HV resistor source
From: "Jim Garland" <4cx250b@miamioh.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:03:57 -0600
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That's going to be quite a resistor, inasmuch as 4KV across a 30 ohm
resistor amounts to a half million watts of dissipation!  A 4KV pulse 50uS
wide, once per second, would dissipate 25W.
73,
Jim W8ZR

-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Drax Felton
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:53 PM
To: 'Amps'
Subject: [Amps] HV resistor source

 

So where does one find a 30 to 50 ohm 25 watt resistor that can safely
handle 4000v?

 

 

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