[AMPS] TL-922 Filament Transformer Protection

[Tom Rauch]

From:           	"Merv Schweigert" <k9fd@htc.net>
To:             	<amps@contesting.com>, "Ian White, G3SEK" <G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk>
Subject:        	Re: [AMPS] TL-922 Filament Transformer Protection
Date sent:      	Sat, 5 Jun 1999 18:01:50 -0500

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> >>>lots of parasitics.  But never once did I see a parasitic cause damage.
> 
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> Boy now thats a parasitic I wouldnt mind having,  all the 
> parasitics that I have seen , most of them around the 
> 4-1000 amplifiers, cause damage to say the least.  When 
> the amp takes off uncontrollably and meters bend around 
> the pegs, resistors blow, safety trips explode, that what 
> I call damage.  

Sounds like you have confused outgassing or gas ingress, a fairly 
common occurrence, with a parasitic.

High vacuum arcs are  common in tubes, especially old used glass 
tubes.

I guess if we don't know what a problem is, it's easy to call it a 
"parasitic".




73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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