Not really , it's a physical < 6mm loop around the leads/turrets using the
total length of the leads to mate with the next turret post, why whackem' off?
It's all good...
73, K4EAR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim W7RY [mailto:w7ry@centurytel.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 4:46 PM
> To: Mike; 'Chris Wilson'; 'Amps'
> Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board
>
> If you need the lead lengths for heat dissipation with 6A10 diodes for
> QRO....You’re probably running WAY too much power...
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 2:11 PM
> To: 'Chris Wilson' ; 'Amps'
> Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board
>
> Jameco sells these Keystone turret boards on glass epoxy boards and they
> are the cat's meow, just use the lead length of the 6A10's to ur advantage for
> heat dissipation in QRO use. Checkout the Keystone full catalog for lottsa'
> goodies for homebrew, hardware wise...
>
> Mike, K4EAR
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris
> > Wilson
> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 4:00 PM
> > To: Amps
> > Subject: Re: [Amps] premade HV rectifier board
> >
> >
> >
> > > You can build your rectifier assembly for a fraction of what others
> > > are charging.
> >
> > > Get a piece of flat plastic (nylon, delrin, HDPE or anything
> > > drillable) and drill a series of holes spaced a bit farther than the
> > > length of a 6A10 diode. Using a nut and bolt, install a ground lug
> > > in each hole and solder the 6A10s from lug to lug (see note below).
> > > Mount the plastic to your chassis using insulating standoffs. Simple
> > > as can
> be.
> >
> > > eBay is a good source of small plastic pieces, or the plastic
> > > cutting boards
> > > (HDPE) sold at any variety store are good too.
> >
> > > A couple of cautions:
> >
> > > 1. Some plastics will melt at soldering temperature, so you may want
> > > to do the soldering before fastening the ground lugs down.
> >
> > > 2. If you buy the 6A10s all together so they come from the same
> > > manufacturing batch, you won't need equalizing resistors. They will
> > > be closely matched enough.
> >
> > > You can use this same concept for mounting your filter capacitors.
> >
> > > Spend the money you saved on antennas. That will help your signal
> > > far more than some fancy rectifier assembly. :-)
> >
> > > 73, Bill W6WRT
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> > 05/07/2013 21:56
> >
> > I quite like turret tags, or turret posts, whatever they are called.
> > Considered old fashioned nowadays, but easy to insert and place and
> > they allow air flow under and around the rectifiers. I even made a
> > little steel
> jig to
> > enable accurate drilling when I make another.
> >
> > http://www.chriswilson.tv/diodes.jpg
> >
> >
> > Has anyone seen inside a rectifier "stick"? Are they just normal
> > rectifier diodes soldered together then epoxy encapsulated?
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Chris Wilson.
> >
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