On Thu, 11 Dec 97 09:09:32 -0800 Rich Measures <measures@vc.net> writes:
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>... ... ...
>>So the question of the week remains: Exactly what happens during an
>>internal gas arc?
>What if there is a 'big bang' in an amplifier whose grids are
>grounded:
A dance again Rich? That was not what I asked OR the parameters. Lets
just stick to two amps for now...the SB-220 and the TL-922 which both use
grid chokes. Is that too much of a requirement to keep you focused?
>the zener bias diode shorts, one tube is kaput, however, -- {Twilight
>Zone theme} --the vacuum checks normal yet when the kaput tube is
>disassembled, there is no arc mark on the outside of the grid? Does
>rauchian vanishing gas cause arcs who marks vanish?. . . Weird
>Science indeed.
A different tube also or are you momentarily focused on the 3-500Z? Hard
to tell with someone that rambles on.
>- Could the zener possibly have shorted from a burst of cathode
>current?
Enlightenment is possible.
And as usual...the real questions remain unanswered. >
>
And still remain so.
73 Carl KM1H
>Rich...
>
>R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K
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