Capacitor Safety Discharge Calculator
About:
This Capacitor Safety Discharge calculator helps to determine the discharge rate of a capacitor at known capacitance and charge. Many factors need to be considered when choosing a discharge resistor. Safety standards require the voltage across a capacitor to reach a safe voltage before a person is able to touch it. In the USA, standards such as UL, OSHA, NTA, ETL, MET, etc. will have the requirements available for the needs of your product.
Capacitor Value:
μF
Initial Charge Voltage:
V
Safety Threshold Voltage:
V
Solve for Time
Resistance Value:
Ω
Safe Voltage Achieved by:
=
s
Initial Power Across the Resistor:
=
W
Time Constant:
=
s
Energy Discharged:
=
J
Solve for Resistance
Desired Discharge Time:
s
Safe Voltage Achieved by:
=
Ω
Initial Power Across the Resistor:
=
W
Time Constant:
=
s
Energy Discharged:
=
J