>The worse situation imaginable is a large oil filled capacitor and a
>RFC wound with heavy wire. Like you say, heavy-duty HV components
>kill the tubes. But it is more a problem of ESR than capacitance
>value.
Tom,
Are you saying that a string of smaller HV supply capacitors in series
is better than a big oil-filled cap, for big-bang protection purposes? I'm
new to this stuff, and just trying to figure it out.
Thanks & 73,
Bob
K5WO
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