By inductor do you mean a ferrite core? On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM castarritt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tarana is telling everyone to switch to a DC power cable for their radios > that has a big inductor for surge suppression. Is that really a good idea > though? We use a Transtector DC Defender (SASD based) SPD at each BN, and > they want the inductor in between the SPD and the radio. If the only surge > event that we needed to worry about was a voltage spike on the DC line, > this might make sense, but that's not what happens when the tower is struck > by lightning, right? The whole structure and the radio chassis/ground is > getting energized when the site is struck, and my understanding is that the > DC lines need to be brought to the same potential by the SPDs to avoid > damage. Wouldn't putting an inductor on the DC line between the SPD and > the radio be counter productive? > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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