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Re: [Amps] Acceptable ripple on high voltage plate power supply in tetro

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Acceptable ripple on high voltage plate power supply in tetrode amplifiers.
From: Ron W4BIN <ka4inm@gmail.com>
Reply-to: ka4inm@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:25:16 -0500
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  Łukasz SP4IT wrote:

2uF seems awfully small. From the calculations I did (200hz, 200mH
inductance) it seems there will ve 300V of ripple at max current of 1A
(10%!). Isn't that too much and how could the military transmitter work
like this?

I suspect the original circuit is a series resonate circuit at the ripple frequency.
This kind of circuit has a specific name that escapes me at the moment.
  (other than a low pass filter)
The "minimize arc current" is an important aspect of this clever design, it is not arc suppression. This is more important for some tube construction than
others.
--
        Ron W4BIN

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