In article <adJhb.611$zw4...@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>, Edward Knobloch <al...@nowhere.com> writes:
The 5R4 has a maximum piv voltage of 2800 volts,Absolutely correct.
so you would still need 3 1N4007's in series
in each leg for equivalent safety factor.
The rated max supply voltage of 750V rms per plate means thatThe 750 volt rating is for capacitor input. With choke input you can go a bit higher.
you should not use a transformer higher than
1500V rms center tapped in a full wave single phase
rectifier circuit using a 5R4.
The designers expected switching transientsEven with no transients, the peak voltages that the diodes have to withstand are quite high, compared to the RMS transformer voltages. Here's why:
when the current is interrupted in the HV transformer
and HV choke, and therefore included a max
supply voltage for guidance.
First off, the voltages in the transformer catalogs and tube manuals are RMS values, not peak values. 750 volts RMS equates to 1060 volts peak with sine waves. So under perfect conditions a 750-0-750 (1500VCT) transformer with fullwave center tap rectifier and capacitor input filter can have voltage output of 1060 volts.
But there's more! In our 750-0-750 example, each transformer HV lead goes from
1060 volts (peak) positive to 1060 volts negative with respect to the center tap. So each diode is subjected to as much as 2120 volts when it is in the nonconducting (inverse) state. So you need *at least* three 1N4007s to replace
one side of a 5R4. Four diodes won't hurt a thing.
The tube manuals I have show voltages higher than 750 for capacitor input, but
they are for the 5R4GYA.
In any event please use at least three and preferably four 1N4007s or equivalents in a 5R4 replacement. Plate transformers and filter chokes can be expensive and hard to replace.
73 de Jim, N2EY
On Monday, October 13, 2003 at 1:30:37 PM UTC-5, N2EY wrote:
In article <adJhb.611$zw4...@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>, Edward Knobloch
<al...@nowhere.com> writes:
The 5R4 has a maximum piv voltage of 2800 volts,Absolutely correct.
so you would still need 3 1N4007's in series
in each leg for equivalent safety factor.
The rated max supply voltage of 750V rms per plate means thatThe 750 volt rating is for capacitor input. With choke input you can go a bit
you should not use a transformer higher than
1500V rms center tapped in a full wave single phase
rectifier circuit using a 5R4.
higher.
The designers expected switching transientsEven with no transients, the peak voltages that the diodes have to withstand >> are quite high, compared to the RMS transformer voltages. Here's why:
when the current is interrupted in the HV transformer
and HV choke, and therefore included a max
supply voltage for guidance.
Considering that this message was sent in 2003, I think it unlikely that
Jim or Edward will ever see your rely.
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