[ARC5] Collins xfmr ratings

[kgordon2006 at frontier.com]

On 15 Aug 2014 at 10:03, D C _Mac_ Macdonald wrote:

> Somebody asked what would be an "adequate bleeder."  It's been many
> years since I looked up that sort of information, but I'd say that a
> 20k, 25W resistor would work just fine.  That bleeder would draw 25 mA
> and result in a 12.5 Watt draw.  You might want to go with 40k @ 10W
> to drop to a 12.5 mA and 6.25 Watt draw. The latter would certainly be
> more than adequate as a "safety" bleeder. 

We aren't talking here about a "safetly bleeder", Mac: we are talking about one that will 
maintain "critical inductance" at low loads.

Look it up.

A choke input filter needs enough of a load on the output that the inductance of the 
choke will remain high enough that the choke acts like a choke, and not a "wire".

Ken W7EKB