>
>measures wrote:
>>>Something often overlooked is that even if you fit a glitch resistor to
>>>handle current surges, there also needs to be some way of interrupting
>>>the power input from the mains. I've heard of situations where someone
>>>dutifully added a glitch resistor, but when the B+ was shorted the power
>>>supply kept right on going because the fuse/breaker ratings were set too
>>>high.
>>
>>Not sound advice. The Heath HV supply is not capable of generating 40A
>>@3000v.
>
>Nobody but you imagined it was.
>
>But *some* HV power supplies with high-rated mains fuses will keep going
>for long enough to burn out the glitch resistor...
selecting a glitch R that can be burnt out by a dead short is Not good
engineering practice.
> and then the HV pops
>up again.
>
Mr. White -- How can the HV "pop up" if the burned out glitch resistor
is in Series with the HV supply, ?
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- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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