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Re: Dan's DRSSTC II 1st light tips?



Original poster: Jimmy Hynes <jphynes@xxxxxxxxx>

You can also hook lights across the capacitors, that way you can tell if its hot, and it drains fairly quickly. Both my DRSSTCs have 3 christmas lights in series across the 'lytics.

On 7/7/05, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: Steve Conner <<mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> I do have Dan's nice safety feature installed. A 10k
> across the 3900uF @
> 460 V storage cap. Would not want to get bit by that
> thing charged up to
> 300 volts!

Do bear in mind that with 10k it takes a couple of
minutes to discharge. I like to put a neon bulb (with
built in resistor) across the DC bus cap too. It
doesn't make it discharge any quicker but it reminds
you the thing is hot!

Steve Conner