At some point of DC current the resistor also becomes a fuse before that point it limits the voltage across the capacitor, 50 ohm cable and 50 ohm resistor is this just a coincidence ?
Stanley ----- Original Message ---- From: Poul-Henning Kamp <[email protected]> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, November 30, 2009 1:59:26 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Isolated jacks and ground loops In message <[email protected]>, Corby Dawson writes: >My understanding is that the capacitor will shunt any RF on the shield to >chassis ground, but what does the resistor do? Limit LF and DC current to something that will not melt your cable. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
