- 1. [Amps] GS-35b fully-submersed oil cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 12:17:21 +1300
- Greetings gurus! Any comments on the proposition of completely submersing a GS-35b (with stock cooler attached) in a cooling bath of dry transformer oil? Considerations: Basically, I have no interest
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- 2. Re: [Amps] GS-35b fully-submersed oil cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:58:40 +1300
- Many thanks for your engagement. mechanical, non-RF side [...] another time. Thank you. We'll get to that after we establish it is a viable proposition RF-wise. Basically, I think oil cooling of some
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- 3. Re: [Amps] GS-35b fully-submersed oil cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 07:45:30 +1300
- On 21/03/15 05:00, properly designed system would have a sump where the water would naturally separate from the oil, and a valve to drain the small amounts of water collected over time. No. A properl
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- 4. [Amps] more - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:59:53 +1300
- Gurus, I am persuaded the RF situation (of a completely enclosed tubeset) is feasible. I see that the ceramic body of the GS-35b must have some sort of cooling as well, so I figured O-ring the grid-r
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- 5. Re: [Amps] more - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:20:50 +1300
- Correct! The faster the oil flow in the tube cooler, the better the cooling. But not so for the radiator. The oil must slow down and be in the radiator for a finite time for the heat to be transferre
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- 6. Re: [Amps] more - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:13:41 +1300
- Thanks greatly Chris for your additions there. It would have been a lot of work for me to make clear examples like that, but you see them regularly so can comment concisely. Most of my lessons learne
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- 7. [Amps] Cathode Cooling - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:46:09 +1300
- Many good comments from all regarding cooling, and I think we've nailed it down pretty damn good! I will publish what I build, as it its pretty much a community effort. I am concerned about the catho
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- 8. [Amps] Filament overcooling - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:35:50 +1300
- Any comments on overcooling of the filaments, to the point where the tube may be harmed? _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.
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- 9. Re: [Amps] more - oil bath GS-35b (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:54:07 +1300
- On 02/04/15 10:05, amps-request@contesting.com wrote: Once the system has reached equilibrium the radiator is doing all it can with a given air flow. No, I do not want the cooling system running at m
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- 10. Re: [Amps] silver mica source (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:07:22 +1300
- Polyethylene is pretty good too. Freezer bags! Better than mica. Google search "picatune capacitors" _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists
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- 11. Re: [Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 148, Issue 10 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:31:40 +1200
- On 07/04/15 04:00, "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote: [....] With the correct flow rate into a GS35B, oil temps should not be an issue, provided that a correct size rad is used, along with an
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- 12. Re: [Amps] oil cooling.. (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:33:48 +1200
- On 07/04/15 04:00, "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote: [....] With the correct flow rate into a GS35B, oil temps should not be an issue, provided that a correct size rad is used, along with an
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- 13. [Amps] Which 2.5kw dissipation tetrode? (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 17:09:45 +1200
- Okies, Would gurus like to put a shout out for their favorite 2-3kw plate dissipation tetrode? It seems gu-84 is like rocking horse shit. Cheers _______________________________________________ Amps m
- /archives//html/Amps/2015-04/msg00050.html (7,236 bytes)
- 14. [Amps] fully-submersed oil cooling - (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:53:35 +1200
- Hello David, Many thanks for your engagement. It seems the extra capacitance in question is relative to the metal surround of the tubes, and not relevant in (near) free space. My suggestion is, the b
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- 15. Re: [Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 148, Issue 15 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:46:17 +1200
- The cooling will be worse than air cooling, not better, as the ceramic and other parts of the tube have no cooling at all, unless I add a fan, which I dont want to do. I want a fully integrated low-m
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- 16. Re: [Amps] oil vs distilled water cooling. (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:09:58 +1200
- Um. Why. Not. Just. Use. Oil. And be done with all those problems ?? Because the oil is flammable? Is that the only reason? How many of your water cooled amps leak AT ALL? If they didn't leak water,
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- 17. Re: [Amps] oil vs distilled water cooling (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:27:46 +1200
- I started replying, before I realised this was a troll! Very well done, and you had me for a second until I re-read your last sentence a few times! Point taken as well, that the water thing has been
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- 18. Re: [Amps] Amps Digest, Vol 148, Issue 25 (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:13:41 +1200
- Apologies! It's always difficult trying to get that right manually! Cheers! Steve _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
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- 19. [Amps] Tetrode calcs (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 10:02:14 +1200
- How do I calculate G2 voltage from the Anode voltage? Tube is 4-400a. Class AB2. The design calls for Va of 3200V, but I only have 2500V so I will just go with that. Design EG2 is 600V, but that will
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- 20. Re: [Amps] Tetrode calcs (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 07:33:51 +1200
- Thanks Manfred, that's very clear! Ok. I see. With your spreadsheet, I built a transformer to do filament, sg1, and tapped sg2, and that worked real well. Flux density is a little high at 1.4 so it w
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