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From: bam@PRC.Unisys.COM (Brian A. McCreadie)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Lightning protection
Summary: give an example
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Date: 29 Sep 89 18:50:43 GMT
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In article <7600025@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>, dag@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (David Geiser) writes:
>   I would guess you're talking about using a cap to filter HF noise
>   on the power line to ground?  
>   Use small caps.  Ten in parallel are more effective than
>   one ten times as big.

Could you describe how that works? I am not sure that I understand.

Do you mean:


    - pre-amp -
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    |          |              |
    |          -----|(--------
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Neutral      Hot           Ground