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Re: [Amps] Can I cool too much the tubes?

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Can I cool too much the tubes?
From: Rudy Bakalov <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:31:22 -0700 (PDT)
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This is an excellent point! Thank you Bill.

Rudy N2WQ
--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Can I cool too much the tubes?
To: amps@contesting.com
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 2:29 PM

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:34:58 -0700 (PDT), Rudy Bakalov
<r_bakalov@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Experience trumps specs. The amp goes into standby mode after about 30 minutes 
>running at full power, i.e. about 1200 W.  If I run it at around 400-500 W it 
>is fine.

REPLY:

If it were mine, I would measure the tube seal temps when it goes into
standby. It could be that Ten-Tec has been ultra conservative on it's
shutdown point. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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