>
>> I knew something was bugging me about putting the fuse in the
>> cathode ckt and it just hit me. If someone has already pointed this
>> out forgive me for repeating it. I have not been keeping up with the
>> discussion. There is one path easily overlooked in the cathode circuit
>> that the current or at least a transient may flow. That is thru the
>> transmitter's (usually solid state) output circuitry. You may protect
>> the tube but wipe out your radio.
>>
>> 73
>> Bill wa4lav
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>Floating the grid in a triode from chassis ground does the same
>thing.
>
>If you float the grids, it's a good idea to take additional steps to
>protect the exciter from a HV dump through the cathode circuit
>because the odds of having it happen increase.
>
>
>73, Tom W8JI
With glitch diodes in the (cathode) metering circuitry, and a glitch R in
the positive lead, the designer avoids such.
>
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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