[AMRadio] Smoothing Choke

[Rick Brashear]

Thanks Jim and all who replied.  I'll check one of my older Handbooks 
and see if I can match up the choke with suitable capacitors to get the 
ripple as low as possible.

If anyone has a 5 - 25 swinging choke they'd be interested in dealing I 
am in need of another one.  I'm also going to need a 10 amp choke for 
the low voltage supply. 

Thanks to all....
Rick/K5IZ


Jim Wilhite wrote:

> Rick pick up and old ARRL handbook.  I have a 56 year version and it 
> has charts that will help you determine the percent of ripple with 
> various combinations of L and C.
>
> If you use 4 uf. and 5 H with choke input, it says the ripple percent 
> will approximate 4%.  Usually 5% is where most people go since it 
> takes such large values to exceed that.
>
> 73  Jim
> W5JO
>
>
>
>
>> Hi:
>> I am finally building the power supply for my ART-13 transmitter and 
>> would like your opinion on a thing or two.  Thanks to Ronnie Hull, I 
>> have a  5 - 25 henry swinging choke for the HV supply.  I also have, 
>> thanks to an old TX-1, a 400 ma smoothing choke, 5.5 henry @ 400 ma.  
>> I wanted to use something a little larger, maybe 10 or 12 henry.  I'm 
>> using 866 or maybe 3B28 rectifiers and 4 mfd and 8 mfd filters.  Do 
>> you think the 5.5 henry choke will be sufficient?
>>
>> I also need another 5 - 25 swinging choke in the 250 ma range for the 
>> 400 volt supply.  It too will use another 5.5 henry choke if it is 
>> determined that is sufficient.
>>
>> Any and all advice, opinions, criticism or comments are welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rick/K5IZ
>>
>
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