Jim,
Thanks for the feedback!
Unfortunately the lines are too big to fit through a single ferrite.
Does anyone make a ferrite choke with a 2.5 inch inner-diameter?
Otherwise I'm working on finding better positions for my antennas,
getting my phaser setup, and one-day I'll canvass the neighborhood (and
see how many people let me walk through their apartments). There are
lots of neighbors and lots of student renters - so I might have to do
this every year. And there are a lot of people I don't know.
What do you think the biggest danger is? They didn't get noticeably
warm. So maybe the wear and tear on the service line? There aren't any
trees nearby.
Aaron
On 7/12/2015 11:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Sun,7/12/2015 7:00 PM, Aaron Kreider wrote:
So I finally got around to putting monster chokes on the service line
that feeds my house and several neighbors. 3 chokes on each line
(positive, negative, and neutral) with zero turns
One pass through a core is one turn.
(as the wire is too thick). It decreased my noise on 492 khz from 50
uV to 42 uV (*probably - there is some uncertainity as the level of
noise varies presumably due to electricity usage -- currently it is
at 62 uV*).
The 492 khz is a 9th harmonic of the 49.5 khz fundamental rfi source.
The unexpected thing was that the chokes vibrated and made a loud
buzzing noise that can be heard 40 feet away (even over modest street
noise). This was very concerning at first, until I looked it up
online and found that this is normal behavior.
They should vibrate -- you're hitting them with lots of current! This
is NOT a proper application of ferrite chokes.!
Jim Brown - you might want to include information about choke
vibration in your very informative guide. I searched it for "vibrat"
and didn't find any mention of this phenomena.
Anyways, I removed the chokes - because I'm concerned that the
vibration would damage the insulation on the service lines.
I need to add advice not to put chokes on individual lines. :)
When all three conductors go through the chokes, the net flux is near
zero. When only one goes through the choke, the flux can be HUGE, and
probably saturates the core.
The chokes also became strongly magnetized, making them harder to open.
The choke on the neutral line vibrated a lot less than the others.
Yup, because it usually carries much less current.
Is it safe to have the vibrating chokes on the service lines?
No.
73, Jim K9YC
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