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03/01/06 21:19
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#111013 - It's all about the power
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Hi Chitraker (and you don't even want to know how that would sound if I tried to pronounce it).

Plot a graph of the power dissipated across a resistor as a function of resistance (at a fixed voltage). You get nice straight lines on a log/log graph, with a negative slope.

By the time you get up to 1E6 Ohms, your power dissipation is 12mW at 110V, 48mW at 220V and under 200mW at 440V. And with a resistor (ideally with no reactive components to your total impedance) you don't have to worry about phase shifts.

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measuring AC voltage            01/01/70 00:00      
   It's all about the power            01/01/70 00:00      
   Divider in the MOhm range, cap, RMS            01/01/70 00:00      
      NOT isolated            01/01/70 00:00      
      well..            01/01/70 00:00      
         may be            01/01/70 00:00      
            Fuse ???            01/01/70 00:00      
               But...            01/01/70 00:00      
         smoke escape            01/01/70 00:00      
            and i guess            01/01/70 00:00      
               Even more strange!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Aah!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     may be not            01/01/70 00:00      
                  upload ???            01/01/70 00:00      
                     here            01/01/70 00:00      
                     re:upload            01/01/70 00:00      
                        ok..here is the ckt            01/01/70 00:00      
                           values for the input resistors please            01/01/70 00:00      
                              oh sure..but hope nothing else burns...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              ESD problem            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 It would be proper to start a new thread            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    indeed it would            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Static            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Unsuited and dangerous!            01/01/70 00:00      

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