Re: Terry's NST Filter Network

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>]

Hi Mike,

At 06:28 PM 6/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/31/2000 7:49:51 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
>>  Wire wound
>>  power resistors will not conduct high frequencies well anyway so their 
>rated
>>  value is not the whole story there.
>>  
>>  Cheers,
>>  
>>          Terry
>>  
>Just out of curiosity, would the wirewound resistors amount to a RF choke 
>coil?  If so, should there be a concern about creating a LC circuit using 
>them?  
>Mike
>

Not really, it seems that the skin depth in the resistive wire just pinches
off the current channel so the resistance just seems to go up.  Wire wound
resistors are certainly inductive (Ohmites are the best at avoiding this)
but their inductance is small compared to a typical choke.

Cheers,

	Terry