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[AMPS] resonated input chokes

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Subject: [AMPS] resonated input chokes
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:33:55 -0700


>
>Hi Peter,
>
>From:                  Peter Chadwick <Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com>
>To:                    "'amps'" <amps@contesting.com>
>Subject:               RE: [AMPS] resonated input chokes
>Date sent:             Tue, 1 Jun 1999 10:32:36 +0100 
>
>> 
>> Tom says:
>> 
>> >I made the choke EXACTLY resonant by following the guidelines in 
>> >Bill Orr's Handbook.
>> 
>> My understanding is that is what you DON'T do! I understand that it should
>> be tuned a bit HF, so that it looks like a higher inductance, thus
>> maintaining constant current in the choke. It's useful to use Variac for
>> the commissioning stage so you can wind it all up very gently until you've
>> got it tuned right.
>
>That's what I learned, the hard way. After almost being killed by 
>technical information Orr's handbook, I tossed it in the trash.
>
?  Tom:  What was the bleeder restance in the supply that ran amok.  


Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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