Re: RF chokes

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• Subject: Re: RF chokes
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:27:04 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Another issue you should contemplate is the voltage across the choke.  If it
is "choking" the HV RF pulses (which it should), then the entire voltage of
the pulse will appear across the choke.  Physically small size and HV
capabilities generally don't go together.

-----Original Message-----
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To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 3:30 AM
Subject: RF chokes


>Original Poster: "Alexander Rice" <alexjrice-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>I spoke to my electronics teacher today regarding ways to protect my
>transformer and told him i needed a 2mH inductor. He recommende winding
them on
>ferrite cores that were little more than 3/4" across, is this possible,
they
>measured uo right but with only 30 turns and on such a small core are they
>going to saturate or do something else undesirable like melt or catch fire,
the
>wire is about 20 swg so fairly heavy
>
>
>

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