>Certainly a consideration. If I build another one of those, I would
>want to get a custom choke made, like I did in 1983. And capacitor. I
>had a pair of polypropylene dielectric 0.97 uf 2500 VAC units,
>similar to microwave oven caps, in series, across the choke. The
>choke was tapped for 50 or 60 Hz action. Worked extremely well.
>However, the C input does seem to be quite workable, if you limit
>follow on energy in an arc as well as the surge current to the diodes
>from charging the caps.
>
3A diodes are good for 200A-peak, and there are few transformers whose
secondary is capable of anything close. A glitch R in the HV+ is a
good idea no matter what filter is used. The main drawback to a C-filter
is peak mains current.
>is a
>Our HFS1000G doesn't need the stiffer power supply, now that i have
>closed loop control of the forward power with my ALC controller.
>
>Sidelight:
>
>At home, I am working on AM transmitter with choke input AND a big C.
>Using a pair of chokes, one in the neg CT lead of the tranny, and
>another in the plus ouput of the rectifiers. One is a 5-20 H
>Thordarson swinging choke and the other is 8 H fixed I believe. Cap
>is a single 40 uF NWL unit that I found, which was originally for
>pulsed apps. I called them and they suggested it will be good for DC
>filter at 120 Hz, no problem.
>
>73
>John
>K5PRO
>
>Rich suggests:
>>How about resonant-choke filtering?
>>
>
>
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- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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