[AMPS] More on the SB220
km1h@juno.com
km1h@juno.com
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 14:59:29 -0500
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 03:04:26 -0800 Rich Measures <measures@vc.net>
writes:
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>>Carl wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:48:44 -0000 Peter Chadwick
>>><Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com> writes:
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>>>>Could it be that you have a 'flash arc' or 'Rocky Point effect'?
>>>>Although the voltage may be considered low for a glass tube, the
>effects
>you
>>>>describe fit the description.
>>
>>>An arc in a vacuum would not go BANG.
>>>Neither would the opening of a 2W resistor.
>>>
>€ I have seen and heard them explode to bits.
Not when used in a grid ckt.
>
>>>Sounds like a HV breakdown to me that is external to the tube.
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>>There could have been a silent arc inside the tube,
>>with the bang coming
>>from the resistor. IMO a 2W resistor standing in the way of a
>near-short
>>across the HV supply is very likely to exit with a bang!
>>
>€ What if the resistor is virtually shorted by a few turns of #16
>copper
>buswire?
Virtual what?
73 Carl KM1H
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