[Amps] meter shielding

[Will Matney]

Chris

There's one other way if nobody has said it. You can use double sided pc board. Make a small box out of pieces of board and solder it up. I've seen whole projects built this way. This way, you can directly solder the feedthrough caps. Some are made to be soldered in place anyhow. But, if it were me, I'd use some copper flashing bought from a home supply or hardware store. It's actually thin enough, you can cut it with heavy shears, snips, or scribe it, bend it and break it into the peices you want. You can easily form it into a box shape without a break using sheet metal pliars or vise jaws by hand. Then you can directly solder to it. By making one, you can assure a good fit around the meter in a tight place.

Best,

Will

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On 3/27/05 at 12:31 AM Chris wrote:

>Thanks to those who replied to my question. I am going to use some kind
>of aluminum box and some feed thru caps.
>
>Have a wonderful Easter!
>
>Chris 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: k7fm [mailto:k7fm at teleport.com] 
>Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 3:20 PM
>To: Chris
>Subject: Re: [Amps] meter shielding
>
>Hi Chris:
>
>The opening for the meter provides an opening for rf - to get into you
>and
>the tv.  It should be shielded.
>
>An easy approach is to use a tin can.  Cut it for the right depth and
>drill
>holes for the meter terminals.  Then, bypass the terminals.
>
>73,  Colin  K7FM
>
>
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