> The ambient line voltage for most major electric companies has been
> 125-volts +/- 2-volts for decades.
>
>finally, today,
> 125-volts. The primary reason for increasing the voltage is that the
> customer pays by the kilowatt-hour. Modern appliances require more
> kilowatt-hours
*** Now THAT makes sense. Yes, I thought about adding a bucking
transformer. But given that the tube bias line is actually brought out
to the PTT, it was simpler to just add a diode string to set the bias to
some small negative value so that the quiescent was within reason.
- Jerry Kaidor
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