Re: snubber resistor power rating?

From: Harry Dellamano (harryd_at_tdsystems.org)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 03:04:06 GMT

>> Ken Smith wrote:
>>
>> IRC (the company, I do Recall Correctly) make some great smt resistors.
>> And have peak pulse power curves.
>
> Caddock does too:
> http://www.caddock.com/Online_catalog/smt/smt.html
>
> --
> John Popelish

 Caddock is a perfect example of a poor surge (Pulse) power resistor. They
are thin film and X1.5 rated peak power. A good surge rated resistor is
X5000 or maybe 5 Joules. Call Richard Caddock and see if they speak in
Joules.

 Cheers,
 Harry

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