Rich Measures wrote:
>
>If you enjoy repairing or building amplifiers, a high-pot. is highly
>useful. It can be used for:
> testing vacuum components such as tubes (seals, loose gold, fil./grid
>probs.), relays and capacitors; measuring rectifier PIV; checking
>insulation, corona test, and for guidance in resettling loose gold
>melt-balls in 8877s, 3CX800A7s and the like.
>- An article on building a high-pot. is available at:
>www.vcnet.com/measures
Rich is right - it's a very useful tool. I was lucky enough to find a
DC-powered inverter that goes up to 9kV, and powered it from a variable
DC source. It works FB and can show a lot of new information.
73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
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