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>Message text written by INTERNET:conrad.farlow@virgin.net
>
>>How did the insects get inside the tubes?<
>
>This must be the troll of all time. Small 4CX tetrodes have EXTERNAL anodes
>and also EXTERNAL screen rings, separated by a few millimetres of ceramic
>insulator.
? The Eimac outline drawing for the 4cx250B shows a much longer leakage
path.
>In this family of tubes, flashovers commonly occur EXTERNALLY.
>
? I have never experienced an external arc, John. "A few mm" appears
to be off by a factor of c. 9.
cheers
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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