i would love to see a spectrum analyzer's view of the fx's harmonics. does anyone have this available? interesting (and sad) how silent outback is on this list now. todd
On Monday, February 10, 2014 9:37pm, "Exeltech" <exelt...@yahoo.com> said: > Bruce, > > The capacitors may or may not help, and could make things worse. If you've > already encountered and solved this exact issue on other identical systems .. > carry on. > > If not ... > > Switching power supplies have a double-whammy of being non-linear AND > reactive. > The reactive component is almost always a capacitive "front end" in the power > supply. If the predominant issue happens to be harmonics .. then power-factor > correction capacitors MAY help by filtering out some of the higher frequency > aspects. If the predominant issue is the reactive front end of the power > supply > .. caps could make the situation worse. > > As a side-note, PF correction caps connected across the output of an inverter > can > cause the inverter's voltage control loop to go unstable, and blow the > inverter. > Not a guaranteed failure .. but an enhanced possibility. > > > Dan Sent from Finest Planet WebMail.
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