Re: Why do TC's use line filters wired in reverse

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Gary,

In reverse, the line connected to pig, the load connected to mains. And
yes, you hit it dead on, I
had RF tied to the case which was probably the killer.

Needless to say, I went back to my standard configuration with the next
filter and tied house
ground to the case. Been fine ever since.

Take care,
Bart A.

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
>
> Hi Bart:
>
> For the filter that you blew, I assume that you had the LINE terminals going
> to the NST.  Did you have the RF or mains ground connected to the case?
> I'll guess that you had the RF ground to the case.
>
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA
>
> >Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123>-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> >Hi Ed,
> >
> >I'm with you here. I personally do not reverse my line filter. I ran a
> >filter (30A) for a little
> >while reversed and blew a 1/2" hole in it. I don't why it blew, but I ran
> >fine prior to that in
> >a standard hook up, so I changed back to that and haven't blown a filter
> >since. In the previous
> >post I was simply stating my understanding of the reasoning some have
> >hooked their filters in a
> >reversed configuration. I believe this is one of those myths still hanging
> >around. Until someone
> >actually can prove show that a reverse hookup is ok for the filter and that
> >it actually performs
> >it's function correctly, I'll stick with the normal configuration.
> >
> >Take care,
> >Bart A.