[Amps] Henry 2k-4 HV inductor

Ron Youvan ka4inm at gmail.com
Tue Dec 12 16:28:08 EST 2017


   Hi  Elliott W6EL L:

> I recently purchased a Henry 2k-4 with a high-voltage fault. The fault has
> been traced to the inductor, L201, which is located directly after the
> bridge rectifier.

> The value, according to the schematic (I have the same PDF that most of you
> have, with K9ARZ's stamp on the cover) is 8 Henry, 700mA.


   What is wrong with the original choke?
Open, shorted or just leaky.

   If it is just Leakey you can move it to the negative terminal of the
rectifier and short out it's original connection.  That way there is
only a few Volts between the winding and the lamination.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.


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