[Amps] Shunt resistors for a bridge made of 6A10 diodes

Bill Turner dezrat at outlook.com
Mon Feb 8 19:25:37 EST 2016


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On Wed, 3 Feb 2016 05:35:57 -0800, Jim wrote:

>##  KM1H and a few others  will  use a single disc ceramic cap, like a 4700 pf @  5/10 /15 kv variety...across  each leg
>of a FWB, so any transient  will simply go through the cap...vs the diodes. 

REPLY:

If you're going to do this, the capacitors should be closely matched
for capacitance  lest you introduce even more variation across the
diodes. Capacitors will divide AC just as if they were resistors. 

73, Bill W6WRT


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