From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   john larkin  wrote:   
      
   > I need something like 1.5K resistance across a 750 volt pulse. Pulse   
   > widths will be below 1 us.   
   >   
   > Three 1206's in series, 499r each, would work. Peak power dissipation   
   > per resistor will be 125 watts at 250 volts. I think that's OK but I   
   > want to test it.   
   >   
   > Here's the tester. The DUT (device under torture) will go across the   
   > gap on the left.   
   f   
   > I have both regular thickfilm resistors and some thinfilms to test. I   
   > theorize that the thinfilms will hold up better.   
      
   Would a non-inductively-wound wirewound resistor work well enough?  You   
   would have plenty of mass to average-out the pulse energy.   
      
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