--part1_61.140b3e16.28e31849_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello All, Back in June I posted a question about a failed electrolytic in my Henry
It sounds like you have a capacitor charging to too much voltage. That is probably why the old ones failed. If you did not test or replace the equalizing resistors you made a serious omission. Pay a
// Not according to any manufacturer that I am aware of, Mr. Rauch. A hard rule of X-ohms per volt does not take into account capacitance, which your rule ignores. The main thing is to use stable re
--part1_29.1b65b2ec.28e5bd9f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 73, Tom W8JI W8JI@contesting.com=20 Thanks for the tip on the equalizi
Just don't fall into the trap that one person does, and say that all high-power bleeders or equalizers are "bad" and replace them. The resistor does not make the capacitor heat up, unless the ventil
// (ref SB-1000 and AL-80 owners' manuals) When challenged on his assertion that the 3-500Z was re-rated by Eimac for 500mA , Mr. Rauch said that he would post the Eimac letter authorizing such. Thi
I don't know why this keeps coming up, but the SB-1000 and AL80B manuals talk about running the plate current up to 500 ma for a short period during tuning only, so that you can tune the tank for the
expect on SSB. It comes up because someone has been driven into saturation, and distorts everything he reads or hears when he amplifys it. ;-) The manuals specifically state exactly what you say Vic
// Fasten Seatbelts // 500mA is correct from Vic but 500mA is not correct from me? Whasup with that? The issue is not sevvice life, it is peak emission ability and splatter on SSB. Hows about publis
// Because Mr. Rauch did produce the alleged letter. // For SSB use, 500mA tune-up is not in the linear region. // I do not have a manual. please quote Mr, Rauch's reasonable statements. tnx, Vic -
--part1_114.541c826.28e6930f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I do think the Henry is poorly ventilated, just because of the cabinetry. I'm sure i
statements. I'm sorry, I no longer have the SB-1000, and the AL80B manual I saw belonged to someone else. However, I'm sure someone has one and can quote the instructions, where it says to run it up
Actually, I found the AL80B manual on the Ameritron web site (http://www.ameritron.com). Here is an excerpt from the tune-up discussion. Although the 400 MA figure is not mentioned (but see below), i
// Tnx. Vic. Tuning up a linear amplifier for a peak current in the not-linear region of the constant current curves is not good. cheers - R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
// Eimac rates the typ. drive at 65w for 400mA of anode-I. // Incredible chutzpah. It is no surprise to me that Mr. Rauch has not yet published the alleged Eimac letter authorizing such. // As I fig