The diodes(s) should be direct across the meter, and enough in series as
needed to excedd the full scale deflection
voltage required before forward bias is achieved in the diodes. It's all
very simple, as stated here a few times now. re ;
I would rather follow Rich's advice on the subject as per my previous
link. contained withjin ;
"It may take more than one diode to protect a meter shunt resistor. A
silicon diode begins to conduct at a forward voltage of about 0.5V. To
avoid affecting meter accuracy, the operating voltage per glitch
protection diode should not exceed 0.5V. For example, a 1 ohm shunt, at
a reading of 1A full-scale, has 1V across it. Thus, two protection
diodes in series would be needed to preserve meter accuracy. Similarly,
if the shunt resistor for a 1A full-scale meter is 1.5 ohm, the maximum
shunt voltage is 1.5V--so three diodes are needed.
Glitch protection diodes should not be petite. Big, ugly diodes with a
peak current rating of 200a or more are best. Smaller diodes--and the
meter they were supposed to be protecting--can be destroyed during a
glitch. Suitable glitch protection diodes are 1N5400 (50PIV) to 1N5408
(1000PIV). In this application, PIV is not important. The 1N5400 family
of diodes is rated at 200a for 8.3mS.
During an extremely high current surge, a glitch protection diode may
short out--and by so doing protect the precious parts. Replacing a
shorted protection diode instead of a kaput meter is almost fun."
ref; http://www.somis.org/D-amplifiers2.html
Once a petite signal diode blows apart it is no longer protecting the meter.
On 17/5/20 4:57 am, Gary Schafer wrote:
Jim is correct. It depends on the meter circuit that is used. You need to
calculate how much voltage will appear at the meter.
I have a drake L7 that I added protection diodes to. I was going to just
hang diodes across the meter shunt but in looking at it I found that it was
a very low value and that the meter did not have much series resistance.
Putting the diode directly across the meter or across the meter shunt would
allow too much current in the meter before the diodes would conduct.
I ended up lowering the series meter resistor and placing another resistor
in series where I placed the diodes. In case of a glitch this would allow
the voltage across the diodes to rise high enough to conduct before the
meter voltage gets to a dangerous level but not conduct at full amp
operating current.
73
Gary K4FMX
-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 10:20 PM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] SB220 Meter blown
WRONG.
.6 or .7 or slightly more during an "event" volts is still
enough to blow up the meter.
Thanks
73
Jim W7RY
On 5/15/2020 4:08 PM, Adrian wrote:
from ; http://www.somis.org/sb-220ci.html
"6. Meter damage can be avoided by connecting two, ordinary
= or >1A,
any PIV, silicon rectifiers across the terminals on each meter. The
two diode arrows should point in opposite directions."
On 16/5/20 1:10 am, Artek Manuals wrote:
I am resurrecting a SB220 that had an apparent classic Grid/plate
short event. One of casualties appears to be the right hand meter
movement. This is the one for Grid Current and HV. I am pretty far
into it and the meter movement measures open , the internal shunt
resistor is blackened ( and open?)
Anyone got a surplus movement from a parted out unit?
Nothing found
on evil-bay at the moment
Dave NR1DX
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