In a message dated 06/07/2000 08:29:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
gm3woj@talk21.com writes:
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tube i.e. most of the heat is infra-red radiated by the plate structure,
and
absorbed by the surrounding metalwork, circuitry, glass envelope, etc -
the blower/fan should keep the tube glass seals at the right temperature,
but usually does a POOR job of cooling the surroundings.
You'll find that it takes anything up to 2 minutes for the orange/red colour
of >>
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO RESTRICT SHINNY METAL AREAS FROM REFLECTING HEAT
BACK TOWARD THE TUBE BY PAINTING THEM WITH FLAT BLACK
HANK
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