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Ah experimentation!

In Reply to: My DIY AC Line Filter Build posted by Maxamillion on February 6, 2011 at 11:19:56:

Glad to see this elabortately improved job! Looks like a lot of nice work and thinking.

What surprises me is that you didn't get good results right out of the box. Mine always do improve it immediately and then work in a bit better, so I never have had regrets on this.

I've never potted mine, though I did experiment in earlier iterations of R-Cs with sand fill. With the R-C-Rs, as long as the values of R are right and each C is surrounded by it's own Rs of matched values, it works best for me.

I do surround with TI and ground that as well. But I do not do total surround as you do, just more of a clamshell design (spiral?) padded by cotton, as Al Sekela showed me to do. With grounding TI, the AWG matters, and I found 12 AWG to be good for that purpose.

For the R-C-R wires, however, the smallest guage solid core that is safety rated for the task at hand is the best.

Keep listening, keep trying. These things work well and they work cumulatively and they're synergistic with other AC tweaks.

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Topic - My DIY AC Line Filter Build - Maxamillion 11:19:56 02/06/11 (13)

6 days later - Nice - Maxamillion 21:07:58 02/08/11 (10)

RE: 6 days later - Nice - Æ 00:10:00 02/09/11 (9)

That will just radiate the noise - Maxamillion 06:16:13 02/09/11 (8)

All real capacitors have a primary resonance. - Al Sekela 14:46:54 02/09/11 (4)

Funny Thing, Al, Those Diodes - Maxamillion 06:06:15 02/10/11 (1)

I've seen other reports about CREE Schottky rectifiers - Al Sekela 18:51:37 02/10/11 (0)

RE: All real capacitors have a primary resonance. - Æ 22:57:09 02/09/11 (1)

You need to ground the shield - Maxamillion 05:48:21 02/10/11 (0)

RE: That will just radiate the noise - Æ 09:23:59 02/09/11 (2)

Bad Day? - Maxamillion 09:44:15 02/09/11 (1)

Always glad to be of assistance. - Æ 10:10:45 02/09/11 (0)

Ah experimentation! - bartc 11:56:08 02/06/11 (1)

RE: Ah experimentation! - Maxamillion 12:11:46 02/06/11 (0)

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Ah experimentation! - bartc 11:56:08 02/06/11 (1)

RE: Ah experimentation! - Maxamillion 12:11:46 02/06/11 (0)

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