Re: RF Chokes

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Greg,

You may want to check the following:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/NSTFilt.jpg

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MyPapers/rcfilter/rcfilter.html

Cheers,

	Terry

At 03:49 PM 10/2/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Hey everyone,
>
>Seeing as though I just blew a neon I want to make a decent RF choke to 
>protect them. I've seen many different designs, from 500 turn air cored 
>chokes to 20 turn ferrite cored to 15 turn air cored. What is the best 
>design? Is it possible to have an RF choke that is too big? I've been 
>using 20 turns around a 2" ferrite toroid. I was thinking of adding 
>more turns and using a bigger core. Is this a good idea? What is a 
>general design rule I can follow?
>
>Greg. 
>