>
>Rich says:
>
>>A caveat- If you disconnect the +110vdc PS from the bias contacts on the
>>relay, a g/fil. shorted tube will not be able to melt down the (unfused)
filament
>>transformer.
>
>Is there a particular reason that this failure mode can exist E.g no fuse for
>(false) economic reasons, or did it just happen that way - as things sometimes
>do in designs?
>
No one figured what would happen if a tube shorted? To be sure, it's a
major oversight.
>
cheers, Peter
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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