At 09:38 AM 3/29/99 +0008, George T. Daughters wrote:
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>Jon wrote...
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>> Got a question: How hard is it on a tube to have the HV applied to the
>> plate w/o the filaments turned on.
>>The reason I ask is that unknown to
>> me, a relay must have stuck in my power supply control unit and when I
>> turned my amp off, the voltage to the HV transformer was never turned
>> off. So I thought the amp had been completely shut down and it wasn't.
>> I discovered this just prior to the contest on Friday when I went to turn
>> everything on and noticed the HV supply cabinet was very warm. Then I
>> noticed the HV meter still read 6KV! It was like this for several days.
>
>While the tubes may not be harmed, this sounds like a
>potentially harmful condition for the humans who may be around! Fix
>it somehow, so that when you turn it off, it's OFF!
AMEN George
SWITCH TO SAFETY
73s
K1TA Bob
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