Re: heat

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>]

Hi John,

	The power dissipated in the resistors is very close to the 60 HZ AC across
them squared over the resistance.

1600^2 / 10,000,000 = 0.256 watt  

That is "plesantly warm" for a 1/2 watt resistor.  perhaps 100F lower than
the acrylic cares about.

The 15 megs are fine.  Nothing critical there...

Cheers,

	Terry
 

At 10:54 AM 8/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
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>Terry,
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>One more quickie.  Can I expect the 1/2 watt 10 meg bleeder resistors in
>my MMC to generate any kind of heat.  I so what kind of temps are we
>talking?  I want them to sit on a strip of acrylic which I believe is ok
>to 180 F.  Also, are 15meg resistors ok in place of the 10 meggers?
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>Thanks,
>John M.
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