>
>Rich wrote:
>
>> >Look at it this way. Suppose you did have a "parasitic". Why would
>> >the parasitic make the tube arc?
>>
>> It doesn't. The big-bang arc is from the B+ circuitry to gnd. The arc
>> leaves no arc marks inside a shorted tube.
>
>Most tube faults are gas related.
Roughly how many 8877s have you autopsied? 3-500Zs?
>Any arc from anode to grid or
>anode will cause a big bang.
? [chortle] Welcome to the world of Charles Thomas Rauch, Jun.
later
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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