12 KW CCS ON 160-15M....USING THE 3CX-6000A7..... PART 22
Here, the series bank of 2500 uf @ 450 vdc lytics is uniquely wired up, in it's final config.? The ring terminal / spade lug is lopped off a sta-kon crimp connector, leaving just the barrel.? ?The barrel is then slid over the round pins of the lytics.? ?16 ga silver / stranded / teflon wire is inserted into the barrel, along with the solid 16 ga (.052")? lead of a 6 amp RVS connected diode, and also one end of the 100K? @ 3 watt MOF EQ resistor.? (1% Tolerance).? ?The resistors? all measure exactly? 99,800 ohms.? On paper, the V drop across each lytic should be identical. (375 vdc).? Diss in each resistor is 1.4 watts.
The function of the RVS connected diode across each cap, is in the unlikely event that if one leg of the main FWB rectifier assy failed shorted, you would end up with a condition whereby raw AC? from the plate xfmr sec, would be pumped into the string of lytics, causing severe damage to them.? ?The RVS connected diodes in this case, would conduct, bypassing the caps.... and taking out the HV fuse #2.
?(located between? sec of plate xfmr and input to fwb).? ?The replacement costs for those lytics is very expensive. (non issue if an oil cap was used)
After? crimping, the? tops and bottoms of each barrel are then soldered.? This makes for a 100%? solid connection, both mechanically and electrically.? ?
Originally, those lytics were designed to be mounted to a PC board.? The 3rd (un-used) pin was to make for a small tripod, for better support.? ?In this application,? the caps are inverted, and mounted with nylon capacitor clamps.? ?The 330 cfm (filtered) intake air will 1st pass? by the caps,? before going into the planum of the RF deck.?
