kevin gilmore
Señor Stax. Señor MAXX.
Can Jam '10 Organizer
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yes that is a bleeder cap across the final power supply cap.
470k. So that cap will bleed to zero. Will take about 20 minutes.
If it was just that cap. The regulator fet would pull down the
rest of the capacitors behind it. Probably to the point where
the regulator runs out of headroom, then the leakage current
of the regulator would take over, and it could take a couple
of days to drain everything that way.
The best way to add the resistors is to get a couple of ring lugs
and solder the resistors to the ring lugs. Then after making sure
the caps are discharged, unscrew the screws and put a resistor
across each of the big caps.
470k. So that cap will bleed to zero. Will take about 20 minutes.
If it was just that cap. The regulator fet would pull down the
rest of the capacitors behind it. Probably to the point where
the regulator runs out of headroom, then the leakage current
of the regulator would take over, and it could take a couple
of days to drain everything that way.
The best way to add the resistors is to get a couple of ring lugs
and solder the resistors to the ring lugs. Then after making sure
the caps are discharged, unscrew the screws and put a resistor
across each of the big caps.