Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:53:36 +0000
From: Manfred Mornhinweg <manfred@ludens.cl>
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] peak voltage rating for load cap
< Specially with solid state, a blown capacitor can blow up a
<$200 LDMOSFET.
<Manfred
## Why would a blown capacitor in a LP filter take out the
LDMOS device ?? Where is the high swr protection located, before the
mess of bandswitched LP filters... or after the mess of LP filters ? What
am I missing here ? The LDMOS or any other device should have adequate,
and fast protection for any scenario. Can you put the high swr protection on
both
sides of the LP filters ? Is there any other way to protect the LDMOS devices
in the
event of a cap failure in the LP filter ?
## There are a lot of caps out there that are not RF rated. IE: like the pair
of
6 kv rated disc ceramics that alpha and others use for a ..plate block cap
assy.
## same deal with your garden variety .01 uf @ 1 kv disc ceramic. They are
NOT RF rated. However, the 2 kv version of a .01 uf will definitely handle
more
current than the 1 kv version. And the 2 kv version is not RF rated either.
## But stuff like TV doorknobs are also not RF rated for current.... and the
20-30-40
KV rated types handle less current than the real deal 15 KV rated HT-57s....
with
both cases being say a 500 pf value.
## I suppose you could also go crazy, and use lower value rated caps ..in
parallel, to
handle more current, but then the device count goes way up... and so does the
$$ spent.
## My HT-50 / HT-58 1000 pf @ 5 kv rated caps I use for padding my air
variables on the 160M
tuned input would run warm, with 200 watts CCS applied. They are only rated
for 1A CCS. The 500
pf version of the same HT-50 / HT-58 is rated for 3A CCS. With 2 x 500 pf
caps in parallel, the total
rating of each padder assy is now 6A CCS... = stone cold.
## manfred, could you make hb caps from say teflon, sandwiched between cu
straps or plates ? I have seen
that done............ on lower valued cap assys.
Jim VE7RF
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