>
> Are we sure the "rheostat" isn't in the HV metering divider to
>adjust the HV meter?
Yes. The rheostat is a 50w unit. It is in the primary of the filament
transformer.
>That would make a damm site more sense.
>
>Mark WB8JKR
>
>
>On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 00:10:40 -0600 Jon Ogden <jono@enteract.com> writes:
>>
>>on 11/3/99 22:18, measures at measures@vcnet.com wrote:
>>
>>>> Go figure. Hey, I have a rheostat on my
>>>> filament AND on my HV primary.
>>>>
>>> A rheostat in the HV transformer primary is bananas.
>>
>>
>>Why? Too much loss?
>>
>>Granted, you might not need to use it very often if ever, but I can
>>set my
>>operating voltage to be whatever I want it to be. No, it isn't
>>changed, and
>>I probably wouldn't change it.
>>
>>Would I have put one in had I done the power supply myself originally?
>>Probably not. But it was there already.
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Jon
>>KE9NA
>>
>>-------------------------------------
>>Jon Ogden
>>KE9NA
>>
>>http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>>
>>
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