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Re: Get it over with
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Get it over with
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From: richard hull <rhull@richmond.infi.net>
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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 08:03:54 -0500 (EST)
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Subscriber: rhull@richmond.infi.net Mon Feb 3 21:29:54 1997
At 06:25 PM 2/2/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: Kilroy@bscn.com Sun Feb 2 17:29:42 1997
>Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 02:04:32 -0600
>From: Kerry Ludwig <Kilroy@bscn.com>
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: Re: Get it over with
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>>>3. I would like to use my 12kv/63ma neon trans. and build a filtered d.c.
>>>supply to run my coil off of. Can anyone tell me how to figure the inductor
>>>(in series with trans) and cap (in parallel with trans) values for this
>>>circuit? (I hope to someday also build a larger scale coil of similar
>>>design, so the actual formula's would be useful.)
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>>I assume you are talking about a DC supply, series filter choke to keep RF
>>and kickback out of the DC supply. The general rule is to use the largest
>>value inductor you can get your hands on which will take the voltage stress.
>>Such items are military items only and found only surplus at hamfests. I use
>>a .4 henry unit rated for 20 kv on my small DC system. R. Hull
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>I am looking to build a circuit to filter out the 60Hz ripple of the
>rectified output from the trans. At least down to tolerable levels. Maybe
>less than 5%? I planned on using seperate filters for protection.
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>Kerry "Kilroy" Ludwig
>Kilroy@BSCN.com
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Kilroy,
Ripple (60 hz) is normally handled by the filter capacitor and not the
inductor. The inductor is sort of a current spike filter.
Richard Hull, TCBOR