[Amps] 160M PI network Toroidal Coil

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 10/6/2013 8:49 AM, George wrote:
> Hi Carl,
> What size wire would you recommend for a 1A supply?  If there is a
> choice of where to insert the wire would you use it in the RF
> compartment or near the B+ supply?  Would you recommend a glitch
> resistor?  If so what size, value and type (carbon, film...)? Thanks
> 73, George
> W2GS
>
> On 10/5/2013 6:38 PM, Carl wrote:
>> A sustained arc in a small glass fuse improperly used at 10 times or
>> more its rating is far from a rare occurance.
>> It gets downright dangerous when the glass breaks and the small arc
>> becomes a monster plasma arc searching for paths to ground.

I think that's why HV fuses are in glass tubes, packed with sand.

73

Roger (K8RI)

>>
>> Using a small wire as a HV fuse can also create a similar problem.
>>
>> Carl
>> KM1H
>>