[AMPS] A look underneath the Ugly amp. chassis.

[measures]

>
>on 11/3/99 22:18, measures at measures@vcnet.com wrote:
>
>>> Go figure.  Hey, I have a rheostat on my
>>> filament AND on my HV primary.
>>> 
>> A rheostat in the HV transformer primary is bananas.
>
>
>Why?  Too much loss?

No.  The current is not semi-constant.  .  
>
>Granted, you might not need to use it very often if ever, 

€  Never, ever.  All the rheostat can do is create unregulation.  

>but I can set my
>operating voltage to be whatever I want it to be.  

€  And when the anode current changes, what then? 


-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  


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