>
>Rich says:
>
>>A glitch R is totally unnecessary if you have a free supply of new tubes,
>
>The arcs are likely to be enough strain on the diodes, transformer and
>capacitors that mayhap you need good supply of those, too. Not every time, of
>course. Also, you need a mechanical arrangement so you just turn a handle to
>insert a new tube.......
>
>I use a 50 ohm 50 watt glitch resistor and a home made 2 amp fuse. I'd argue
>that in glitch resistors, size helps.
>
... length helps because it lower the V gradient. Two 10w resistors in
series are better than one 25w resistor.
>
cheers, Peter
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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