[Amps] Possible issue with B- run in wire with less than HV rating? (Separate HV PSU and RF decks)
Bill, W6WRT
dezrat1242 at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 14 10:35:15 PDT 2010
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:45:31 +0200, Marius Hauki
<rezycle.bin at gmail.com> wrote:
> The
>chassis to B- resistor has failed, for some reason and is open
>circuit.
<snip>
>
>Doesn this mean that we should also use HV insulated wire on the B- ?
REPLY:
You should not be using a chassis to B- resistor. Use a pair of heavy
duty diodes instead, reverse connected. When the B+ to chassis arc
occurs they will place what is essentially a dead short from B+ to B-
and the fuses or breaker will blow.
Bill, W6WRT
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