Re: half filter?? and what all I need before primary circuit

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Homer,

Terry's filter design recommends (in each leg) a 1000 ohm 100 watt 
ceramic wire wound power resister.  I used two 500 ohm 50 watt in 
each leg for my filter for physical reasons.

Gerry R.


> Original poster: HomerLea@xxxxxxx
> What resistor is needed? I may have some in my warehouse.
> Jim H.
>
> > Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi Daniel,
> >
> > I would recommend protection in this order of expense.
> >
> > 1. Safety gap
> > 2. Resisters and caps
> > 3. MOV's
> >
> > The safety gap (properly adjusted) will prevent overvoltage.
> > The resisters and caps will filter the RF
> > The MOVs are a last resort incase everything else fails.  They will
> > give their life to protect the NST.
> >
> > The caps can be obtained from digikey and are not expensive.  The
> > power resister is what is expensive.  If nothing else, have a safety gap.