[AMPS] Rocky Point effects

[G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk (Ian White, G3SEK)]

measures wrote:
>Is gettering very likely while the 
>>>tube is being removed from the amplifier for high-pot. testing?
>>>
>>Yes. If there is a small gas release, the gettering action (which
>>depends on the gas molecules colliding with the metal surfaces) would
>>take place on a timescale of seconds. 
>
>A big bang is heard.  The main breakers blow.  What souce powers the tube 
>during the gettering?  It is my opinion that instant gettering is 
>undiluted codswallop.  
>
Nobody mentioned "instant" gettering. I said a timescale of seconds.

The reaction is chemical. No electrical power is required.

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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