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Bleeder Resistors [message #3835] Mon, 16 October 2006 22:34 Go to next message
Shane is currently offline  Shane
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I know this has been covered about 1000 times (maybe more)and I posted this over on the Bottlehead site as well, but just wanting to see if using these particular clips with a bleeder resistor would be the way to go to discharge caps? Just solder in the resistor after cutting the lead wire and heatshrinking everything 2-3 times over the resistor leads and edge of the resistor? Oh, and don't touch the resistor or let it touch other things, I'm thinking, as the cap discharges.

Re: Bleeder Resistors [message #3836 is a reply to message #3835] Tue, 17 October 2006 09:30 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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Those look like the clips often used on oscilloscope and multimeters. Should work pretty well. One thing to think about though: If the voltage is high so that there is a bit of arcing as the connection is made, the clip leads might erode over time. There's not a lot of meat on clips like this. Alligator clips are more sizeable, but then again, that means it would be harder to get them connected in tight spaces.


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