>
>on 3/7/00 09:18, Wt8r@aol.com at Wt8r@aol.com wrote:
>
>> This is the point where ignorance overtakes (overshadows) common sense. (1)
>> Apparently Jon hasn't the slightest idea of the magnitudes of difference
>> between the amount of energy stored in the power supply of a multi-kilowatt
>> power supply hooked to 220 VAC mains and a toy desk top 160 watt amp.
>
>Blah! Blah! Blah!
>
>OK, You are right. I am just an ingorant son of a bitch who doesn't know
>anything. Forigve me oh great one. I thought that a 160 Watt amp and a
>multi-kilowatt amp put out about the same power.
>
>Of course I know the difference. Cripe, do you think I was born yesterday?
>Why don't YOU use some common sense instead of spewing stuff when you have
>no idea of the person you are talking about.
>
>> (2) Neither does he have any concept of the DIFFERENCE in the application
>> of that small amount of power for 500ms, the length of which is controlled
by
>> the pushing of a microphone button, as opposed to the UNCONTROLLED avalanch
>> of the dumping of ca. several joules of energy in a very short time which
>> usually ends in the catatrsopic destruction of a bandswitch or other tank
>> component.
>
>Catastrophic destruction is one thing. If you would LISTEN to the
>discussion it was about resistors which "look" fine on the outside but are
>damaged by a nearly instantenous burst of energy according to Rich. If
>sufficient energy hit the resistors, yes, it would DESTROY them
>catastrophically.
When it had a VHF visitation, my old ''plywood box'' amplifier would Blow
the parasitic suppressor resistors into something like cosmic dust. My
guess is that the engine for this transaction was the 1000 Joules that
were stored in the 9200v supply. The transaction took place so quickly
that it never tripped the breakers.
>But they resistors don't blow up nor do they "look"
>physically damaged.
>
The above resistors were disappeared. Forrest Gump was right.
cheers.
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