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Re: Big Terry Filter Limits?



Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Any resistor will arc if the physical length is less than the free spacs
length of the  high voltage arc.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:00:15 -0700
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> Subject: Re: Big Terry Filter Limits?
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> Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 19:17:21 -0700
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <CHURCHMON-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Hi Terry,
> Mike Church here again, What dictates the stand off voltage in these
> resistors ? 
> Is it the actual length of them or construction ? The reason I'm asking is I
> would like to obtain a couple and I need to know what to ask for exactly.
> Another thought is that if the more watts they are rated at (100 or 250)
> ,does this mean that they are going to waste this much more of my avilable
> power comming from my four 15/60's in heat?
> 
> I guess what I need is something more along the lines of the big long ceramic
> type resistors other than the smaller variety 3/8" x 1" with the colored
> bands on them.
> 
> Sorry for all the questions
> Thanks again,Mike Church (CHURCHMON)-at-aol
> 
> 
>