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Re:Build an Ioniser in Under $10 by userbinator on Sunday December 29, 2019 @03:04PM (#21908085)
It's 20M, which if connected directly across 240V causes 12uA to flow --- that's in the range of the natural leakage current in most SMPS, and not harmful at all.

http://www.aplomb.nl/SMPS_leakage/Doc_ie.html

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Re:Build an Ioniser in Under $10 by m0xte on Monday December 30, 2019 @04:06AM (#21911942)
Unless the resistors flash over their 200V rating at which point the current limit is void
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