Re: PFC Cap location???

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

Hi Dan,

PFC caps go directly across the line side terminals of an NST.  The NST is
what screws up the power factor, and the PFC caps fix it.  No filters or
anything else should get in their way since the NST and the PFC caps are
trading some pretty high currents between themselves to make things look
"nice" to the rest of the world.  Here is a picture of my big coil's ten
20uF PFC caps that are connected, rather dramatically, right across the NST.

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/P7300003.jpg

Note that the two frail wires from the input filter pale in comparison even
though they really supply all the "power"....  Power comes into the thing
through the yellow wires.

Cheers,

	Terry



At 11:03 AM 7/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>Regarding the PFC caps for my system, I think someone said to wire them up
>PRIOR to the RF LINE FILTERS, but i want to make sure before i wire anything
>up permanently.
>
>I guess this is done to reduce the current to the line filters??
>
>Thanks
>
>Dan
>