Dirty Electricity Filters
“Dirty Electricity” is high frequency noise on 50/60 Hz. power lines, 120 VAC or 240 VAC caused by many sources including electronic devices on the AC power lines and AC power generators including solar and wind generators. The frequency range of the interference is typically 25 kHz to 500 kHz and may affect electronic devices powered by the AC lines as well as other objects (including living ones) in the capture area of the noise.
Effective filtering of the AC power lies can help suppress the dirty electricity in your home, business office or industrial environment. We suggest the following AC power line filters that are easily installed on specific equipment bothered by dirty electricity
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Often it is difficult to slip beads on a cable because of a plug or connector. Split beads solve this problem. They come in two halves that fit over the cable. A plastic snap cover holds the two halves together and holds the assembly on the cable.
For RFI use, mix 31 is effective from 1-300 Mhz, mix 43 works from 20-250 Mhz, Mix 61 is for 200-2000 Mhz, and mix 77 favors .1-20 MHz. These frequencies are those of the interfering signal to be eliminated, not the operating frequencies of the equipment to be protected.
Not sure of what sizes you need or solving a RFI problem with devices using multiple size cables? Try the Ferrite Snap On Combo Pack which has sizes from 1/4″ to 3/4″ with either Mix 31 (1-300 MHz) or Mix 61 (200-2000 MHz) or Mix 75 (150 KHz – 10 MHz).
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Bead dimensions are shown in the picture below and in the table as A, B, C
Application Notes
Application Note for using these Snap On split beads: How Many Chokes do I need?
You can very effectively increase the choking impedance of smaller cable by using a large hole ferrite bead and wrapping the cable through several times. For particularly difficult common mode current/RFI problems you may need a choking impedance as high as 5-10K ohms. Using multiple beads and multiple turns through each bead will give higher impedances up to a point. At higher frequencies, when the number of turns approaches an electrical wavelength, the choke becomes resonant due to stray capacitance and the inductance of the cable and limits the high end impedance values to less than the above table points.
Some example of ways to wrap cable are shown below.
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More examples of split bead use
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Ethernet Cable on FSB-1/2 – 3 turns for 9X Impedance good filter for 15-30 mhz between 2K-3K ohms choking Z
Three Effective Radio Interference Filters
These snap-on chokes are useful for reducing RFI in public address system amplifiers, speaker wires, mic cables, mixer panels, coax cable, telephone wires, computer sound card speakers, dsl/cable connections, remote control heads for ham transceivers (Especially FT-100, FT900, IC-706, IC-7000), AC power cables, DC power cables, home theater cables, video cables, HI Fi cables, guitar amps, linear amp cables, etc.
They are also helpful in suppressing common mode noise/RFI in radio and TV receivers, audio and RF amplifiers. They can also help suppress noise generated by treadmills, exercise equipment, fish tank heaters, oil heater pumps, fluorescent lights, motors, cable modems, DSL modems, computers, and many other electrical devices. Common mode current reduction in computer cables often helps speed up computers.