Hi Dan, Yes you wolud need a resitor that has that voltage rating ol string a bunch together
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/hv/resistor.htm Take care, V > Do you use any special type of resistor for the high voltage which is > between 3 and 5 thousand volts? Or jsut ohm's law? > Dan > V wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> you can put a resistor of the proper value across teh capacitor that will >> bleed out the charge when its off, yet still allow it to operate. I have one >> of those across the cap of my magnetic pulser that chrages to 350 volts and >> in a few minutes it will drain the cap to zero after I turnt it off. The >> restior stays on there at all times. >> >> >> >> >> Take care, >> V >> >> >> >>>I've been looking at the writeup Duncan Crow made about the converted >>>microwave CS maker. >> >> >>>He said that he could regularly get 35 to 42 ppm CS using his converted >>>microwave CS maker. One quart in 1.5 minutes. 3,600 volts, pulsed DC, >>>with electrodes at 2.25 inches apart, and anode surface area of 15.25". >>> I estimate that would be at about 100ma with current density of 15ma >>>per square inch. (All approximations.) >> >> >>>This seems to violate a lot of rules that we go by for low voltage DC CS >>>making. >> >> >>>Also, from a safety perspective, when making the conversion, we know >>>that we have to discharge the capacitor in order to prevent a >>>potentially hazardous electric shock. After the conversion, can one >>>still get a shock from the electrodes or does the CS cell bleed it off >>>fast enough to deplete the charge? I bet that if you turn the unit on >>>without the water cell in place that you will charge the capacitor and >>>there will be a danger of shock from the electrodes (in this case the >>>negative electrode, since the high voltage is negative). >> >> >>>(You can search on Google for Microwave, how does it work? for a >>>description and generalized schematics.) >> >> >>>Dan >> >> >>>PS Don't try this at home, unless you know what you're doing, it could >>>be dangerous... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >> >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> --
