At 05:10 AM 2/3/00 -0700, measures wrote:
> >The brand is normally marked with white paint. For example, "GI" means
> >General Instruments.
The white paint says "RT", any guess on that one?
>If you had a 50% or better piv safety factor, this failure is not easy to
> >explain.
At the time of failure, the calculated safety factor was 44.5%. I guess
that's a bit marginal. Still it should not have quit.
>
> >First off, I would use a high-pot tester to make sure the diodes used are
> >confirmed good and roughly matched in actual piv. .
I have the parts in a box to construct a "measures hi-pot", but alas, no
time to put them together. Maybe next year!
73,
Larry - W7IUV
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