[Amps] filament transformer

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Fri Sep 24 06:32:30 PDT 2010


Jim Thomson wrote:

> ##  OK, here's the kicker.  I worked out the maths, 16 ways to Sunday...and at the most, there should only
> be a .2 v  drop  on the 50A  3x3  fil choke.    I used TWO lab calibrated  fluke 87's... one on the input to the
> fil choke, and one at the socket.   I consistently measure  .4 v drop.  All connections are rock solid.  I checked
> the individual V drop across each connection too, and there is none.  Go figure.

   Did you take into account the choke's induction at 60 Hz?
I think the drop from the same amount of wire not wound into a coil 
would be interesting.
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    Ron KA4INM - I'm proud to be Chuck's pop!


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