>
>> Presumably there are two possible places to insert the resistor: in the HT
>> a.c. lead right out of the transformer, thus protecting everything
>> including the bridge rectifier and caps, or immediately before the anode
>> of the tube, thus protecting only the tube (and maybe not the meters)?
>>
>> Ian ZS6BTE
>
>There are many places to insert the resistor Ian, but anything on
>the rectifier side of the filter capacitor is a waste of time. All that
>does is decrease voltage regulation a needlessly large amount,
>while not providing protection.
>
agreed.
>The resistor must be between the energy storage (the filter
>capacitor) and the load that might develop a fault to be effective.
well put, Tom
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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