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Re: Blown Neon transformers
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Blown Neon transformers
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From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 15:25:14 +1200
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On reading about the ongoing problems re neon filtering....
> My new handwound RF chokes (air core 142mH) appear to work OK by
> themselves, and I still haven't lost a transformer with them, but
> when you add a 250pF bypass cap to the transformer output terminals,
> KA-BOOO....phttt!
I'd like to add suggestion. How about lashing the filter up on the
workbench then running it with a sig gen and scope to find (a) the
associated resonance, and (b) tailoring some damping resistance to
suit?
Malcolm