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#1 Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:23 pm
by Daniel Quinn
I'm undertaking my definitive amp build at the moment and the idea of a resistor on the capacitors as reared his head.

My mono blocks have 2 33,000 caps in each unit .

How is the resistor wired up ? 1 per cap or to the positive or negative of both and what type and what value ?

#2 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:49 pm
by pre65
What is Bleeder Resistor and where it is used?

https://circuitdigest.com/article/what- ... it-is-used

#3 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:53 pm
by Daniel Quinn
Ta , interesting reading

#4 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:56 pm
by pre65
Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:53 pm Ta , interesting reading
You said Ta to a Tory !

Get the ducking stool. :lol:

#5 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:12 pm
by Greg
pre65 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:56 pm
You said Ta to a Tory !

Get the ducking stool. :lol:
Not this time, I’m afraid. This time it’s the gallows for youπŸ˜‰

#6 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:17 pm
by pre65
Greg wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:12 pm
pre65 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:56 pm
You said Ta to a Tory !

Get the ducking stool. :lol:
Not this time, I’m afraid. This time it’s the gallows for youπŸ˜‰
You'll never get me alive (ex) copper ! :lol:

#7 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:10 am
by Daniel Quinn
Civility to wankers is one of my many faults .

#8 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:49 am
by pre65
Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:10 am Civility to wankers is one of my many faults .
What a charming boy you are Dennis.

#9 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:37 pm
by ed
pre65 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:56 pm
You said Ta to a Tory !

Get the ducking stool. :lol:
I'll bet you're into badger baiting as well

no snigger from me this time

#10 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:38 pm
by Mike H
I seem to remember 1 Megohms across each cap, something like that.

#11 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:41 pm
by pre65
ed wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:37 pm
pre65 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:56 pm
You said Ta to a Tory !

Get the ducking stool. :lol:
I'll bet you're into badger baiting as well

no snigger from me this time
I can't imagine why you would think that, but I abhor cruelty or violence of any kind.

#12 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:48 pm
by Nick
1Meg and 33,000uf is likely to take some time. To be honest, in the case of SS kit not sure it matters, unlike valves, it will keep drawing power until the cap is discharged.

#13 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:40 pm
by ed
I didn't read this yet but Rod is usually on the money.

https://sound-au.com/articles/bleeders.htm#s1

I do remember a conversation with Phil Ramsey and him saying don't forget to put one in and me saying why and him saying if you don't it will bite you in the arse the next time you open it up. But as Nick has said that really relates to valves.

#14 Re: Good idea?

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:40 pm
by Mike H
Nick wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:48 pm 1Meg and 33,000uf is likely to take some time. To be honest, in the case of SS kit not sure it matters, unlike valves, it will keep drawing power until the cap is discharged.
Very true, I was thinking of something else.