air conditioner capacitors
What size of resistor should I use, to discharge my capacitors?? I've read and googled and found all these different values --- 10k ohms, 20k ohms, 6k ohms and 2k ohms with 3-5w value. Also could I pl...
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If your purpose is to discharge a cap for safe handling then ANy resistor will do the job.. The smaller ones will do it faster... Don't worry about the resistance. Current = Voltage/Resistance Voltage is 1.414X line voltage or 1.414 times 120 or just under 200,, So 1 1K resister will have about 200mA current a 10K 20mA peak.. NOTE. .Odds are you won't be dealing with peak.
