>
>Rich said:
>
>>Shunt regulators are not suitable for tubes that use over 800v on the
>>screen.
>
>Why not?
>
... too much power is lost with large tetrodes - which have No
requirement for ability to shunt large negative screen currents. For an
8171, we are talking about adding a several kV supply and very roughly
500w on standby.
>
cheers
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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