[Amps] Henry 3K-A choke failure...workaround?

Jim jimw7ry at gmail.com
Fri Sep 27 18:00:47 EDT 2019


Can you please draw me a diagram of the*plate choke *in the ground lead 
please?

Thanks
73
Jim W7RY

On 9/26/2019 9:59 PM, Ron wrote:
>   Jeff wa1hco millar wrote:
>
>> Hello wise ones...
>
>> Bought a nice 3K-A at a flea market and made one SSB contact.  On the
>> second contact it tripped off on HV overcurrent.  After some 
>> debugging, the
>> Plate choke is leaky to ground at HV but open with an Ohm meter.
>> Can I just put the choke up on insulated standoffs?
>
>> Any other suggestions?
>
>   It is a pleasure to be helpful.
>
>   The CURE is to put it in the ground side of the circuit, typically
> where the rectifier or the grounded side of the transformer goes to
> ground.
>



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