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Re: The Skinny on tube rectifiers...

12.91.7.23

> Yes, if you stick a choke DIRECTLY onto the output of the rectifier
> tube, you can use more capacitance downstream. This is Mr. Choke's
> DC resistance doing you a charge-current limiting favour, nothing
> more.

Actually, it's Mr. Choke's AC reactance keeping the switching
harmonics from shorting to ground through the capacitor. Look,
Joe, I don't mean to get in a fight here. You have an opportunity
to push the envelope of what you think you know. Or you can remain
in blissful ignorance. Either way is fine by me.

Walter




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