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Re: EMI Filter Hookup? -- Internal House Wiring Popping AndCrackling

Aaargh! Sounds terrible... not something to repeat - a slow burning fire
inside your walls or plastering, or worse close to your gas service
inlet, I something to avoid.

The filters should be run backwards, and should be connected to the
*house* ground. However it sounds like you might want to check the house
ground is good... measure the resistance between it and your RF ground.
It should be lower than a few k. Any comments others? It could be that
the connection has come loose at the distribution board or the ground
system. Unless you are grounding to a water pipe? Avoid this, especially
in modern plumbing installations that may use much plastic pipe. Or
maybe your filters aren't big enough?

Alex





Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "William Parn" <parn@fgm.com>
>
> I need help in how and where to hookup a EMI filter?
>
> In switching to AC powered TC my internal house wiring
> is popping and crackling.  Yikes -- the insurance might
> not cover a fire due to voluntary use of TCs.
>
> Do I run it backwards?
>
> Do I ground it to my seperate earth ground?
>
> Sorry for the repost but I am in over my head on this one,
> and I can not run my TC in AC mode until I know how to do
> this.
>
> Many Thanks,
> Bill Parn