ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:26:46 +0000, Ron Youvan <ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> The answer is to use a tuned low pass filter in the power supply, reducing
> the cap sizes to
>nearly 1/10th of the brute force sizes. Like was done in the old time days.
>(and full wave rectifiers)
>A small p.s. choke after the final cap might reduce the peak arc current also,
>I never thought about
>that before.
REPLY:
The filter caps have two jobs: One is to filter out hum from the rectified DC
and the other is to supply large amounts of energy during peak demand from the
tube)s). I would be very wary of reducing the cap sizes by 90% without some
very careful testing.
73, Bill W6WRT
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