----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: "Amps reflector" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Bridging 120v loads across HV primary windings
> On Sun, 30 May 2010 13:33:13 -0700, James Colville wrote:
>
>>I use a 240 volt to 120 volt transformer for the fan and filament
>>transformer in my 3CX800 amplifier. Got it from Mouser. 3CX800s only draw
>>1.5 amps of fil current each.
>
> Nothing wrong with that, if you're rich, BUT 1.5A at 13.5 volts is only
> 20
> watts, which is 170mA at 120V. Double that for two tubes. Nothing to worry
> about on a transformer that's rated to supply 2-3 kW of DC plate power.
>
> On Sun, 30 May 2010 15:52:41 -0400, Carl wrote:
>
>>It is amazing that millions of dryers had been built with the motor wired
>>from one leg to ground before the nanny state got wind of it. Lots of
>>commercial ham amps also tht are still in sevice using the same concept.
>
> Nanny state my a#$. As VE7RY correctly observed, it is a SAFETY ISSUE. It
> also generates amagnetic fields that you will hear in your transmitted
> audio.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
Try telling that magnetic field line of BS to the thousands of Alpha, Henry,
and Johnson owners to name a few. I agree it is no longer in code.
The nanny state comment was directed (if you had read and absorbed) to the
millions of dryers still in daily use in the USA with narry a fried user
that Ive seen mentioned in the nanny state media.
Carl
KM1H
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