[R-390] line filter for EAC R390A

[Richard W. Solomon]

What has all that got to do with using the third wire as a ground ??

I removed the filter since I was not concerned with the neighbors checking
up on what I was listening to.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
>Sent: Jul 26, 2009 4:29 PM
>To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>Cc: "Richard W. Solomon" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [R-390] line filter for EAC R390A
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>Dick,
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>GFIs "see" current in the ground as a "fault" above the limit that a 
>GFCI "can" allow.  So the saying that the grounding through the "third" 
>or "green"/"bare" IS what is popping the GFI.
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>An R-390a with the old filters will stay on when it happens to NOT be on 
>a circuit protected by GFI devices.
>
>Bob - N0DGN
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>Richard W. Solomon wrote:
>> Are you saying that grounding through the third wire of the line
>> cord is not sufficient ? Maybe that's why the thing kept popping
>> the GFI.
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ 
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> From: 2002tii <bmw2002tii at nerdshack.com>
>>> Sent: Jul 26, 2009 2:52 PM
>>> To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] line filter for EAC R390A
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>>> Dick wrote:
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>>>> What folks are alluding to is the nasty habit of the Line Filter 
>>>> popping the GFI.
>>>> That's why I pulled mine.
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>>> Note that the ability of the 390 line filter to trip a GFI arises 
>>> because the line filter has high leakage current (capacitively 
>>> coupled, not galvanic, but high leakage current nonetheless).  If you 
>>> do not securely ground a radio that has an original line filter, you 
>>> can get a respectable shock from the radio chassis.
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>>> Best regards,
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>>> Don
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