[AMPS] amplifier problems

measures measures@vcnet.com
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:50:57 -0700


>
>A lot of time the step start resistor in this units blow because a too large
>fuse was in place; it should be a 1 1/4 amp slow blow ceramic fuse.
>It will  also blow if  the relay contacts are bad ( open frame crummy little
>things -- bad design to use it in the first place had to change a lot of
>them during my time working for ETO ( when Alpha Power was still ETO ). It
>also fails with a too large fuse AND the crow bar down with open case (HV
>short) and also of course one of the 8874 shorted

Was this an anode short or a grid/cathode short?

> ( have seen a few of them
>:-) ). A 20W resistor will work fine in this application I installed a few
>of those.
>
Thanks for the information, Jamie


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


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