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[AMPS] Screen protection WHAAAATTTTTT!!!!

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Subject: [AMPS] Screen protection WHAAAATTTTTT!!!!
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 04:12:35 -0700
>Rich says:
>
>>Shutting off a 600v-rated pass-FET in a regulated 1500v supply has 
>>consequences.  
>
>So why use a 600volt rated FET?
>
This is what's available on high dissipation units.  

>You can't get a 1500 volt rated FET?
>
not that I know of. 

>How about a glass encapsulated, hermetically sealed, hollow state FET 
>capable of
>running high voltage, current and temperature - say a 4-125?
>
A 4-400C would handle it.  FETs work well provided one uses a 
pass-protect crowbar and a fast acting fuse in the primary of the screen 
supply.  /see Fig 7B on my Web site./
>
cheers, Peter
>
>


-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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