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[Amps] Re: diode and glitch resistor

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Subject: [Amps] Re: diode and glitch resistor
From: 2@vc.net (2)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:44:30 -0700
>Rich,
>
>I found the diode in the 800h manual on line. It is for meter protection and
>will usually fail shorted if there is a hv to ground fault.

Agreed

>        If a glitch resistor is approx 25-50 ohm at 10 watts or more, then
>there is no such animal in this amp. There is one 10 ohm 10 watt for
>step-start and some 50k 7 watt bleeders.

2, 10-ohm, 10Wers in series would be enough for glitch protection, but a 
huskier, 3A diode would still be needed.  
>
cheerz, Steve 

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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