I take back what I said.  Look at
http://www.gefanuc.com/support/plc/faq00002.htm  I think you might be right
in decreasing the resistance after all.

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim Ruxton
Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2003 12:56 pm
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Subject: [OT]: Whats an alternative to bleeder resistor


I'm designing a variable frequency drive, so rectifying and filtering a
120 volt AC wave. This results in about 160 volt's DC. When I turn it
off I bleed the voltage off through a couple of 1/2 watt 100k ohm
resistors. This seems to take for ever to bleed. Is my best option to
just reduce the ohms and increase the wattage to speed this up. Any
other simple solutions? Thanks.
Jim

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