[R-390] added the IEC line filter
Tim Shoppa
tshoppa at wmata.com
Thu Nov 3 15:08:01 EST 2005
> Can not emphasize the importance of everything
> properly grounded in a crowded shack!
Yeah, I remember when I was a kid and my heathkit
transceivers always gave me a pretty hefty tingle whenever
I touched the chassis :-).
I've got a more serious ground system than a skinny wire
to a water pipe now!
If I look at my non-R390A rigs (mostly dating from the 50's and
60's) I see they often have symmetrical line filters (and a few
have symmetrical fusing, that is fusing both "hot" AND "neutral",
that was popular for a couple of decades it seems.) But generally
the AC hot-to-ground current through the filter cap
is circa 1 or 2 mA so they do not
trip the GFCI by themselves... but in concert they do!
Tim.
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