[AMPS] SB-1000 mods?

[W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)]

> Is there any reason that a glitch resistor is preferred over a fuse in
> the anode lead. I opened up my L-7 power supply last night and found
> that someone had replaced the 0.82 ohm glitch resistor with a fuse (I
> was planning to replace the 0.82 ohm resistor with a 50 ohm 50 watt
> power resistor as per the recommendation on G3SEK's website).

A .82 ohm resistor is not a glitch resistor or a fuse. 

Fuses are bad enough because of time delay and internal arcing, 
and resistors make very poor fuses.

Ian's website has good reliable information. He seems to believe in 
science, and Ohm's law.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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