View Single Post
Old 13th Jan 2012, 12:00 am   #36
murphyv310
Dekatron
 
murphyv310's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, UK.
Posts: 5,420
Default Re: capacitors in series - pitfalls?

Hi.
Personally I wouldn't think of not using balancing resistors. Anyone that has worked with smoothing circuits that handle thousands of volts will tell of catastrophic failures without the balancing resistors!
__________________
Cheers,
Trevor.
MM0KJJ. RSGB, GQRP, WACRAL, K&LARC. Member
murphyv310 is offline