One wonders whether it's safe to over engineer all voltage breakdown
components when home brewing. Rather lose a switch or cap than a tube.
The amp could be very parasitic and show no readily visible symptoms,
until.....
Ian ZS6BTE.
> The last time I used the amp was exactly 2 weeks ago. Everything was
> working fine. It has been sitting idle for the last 2 weeks as I have
> been traveling and w/o time to play radio. All my HF antennas have been
> disconnected at the entrance to the shack, so it hasn't taken a lighting
> strike unless the strike came through the 110 or 240 Volt lines, but all
> my other equipment works fine. The HV power supply works fine when I
> disconnect it from the tube.
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