[AMPS] Runaway amp

[Phil Clements]

> >Do you have a bad doorknob cap in the loading circuit perhaps? It could
> >cause those sort of symptoms as it heats up and changes value under load.
> >
> >73 de Alek,
> >VK6APK

> >>  until the overloads kick it off.  When I let up on the key, the idling
> >>  current is high and then it slowly returns to its normal state.

How could a loading cap cause high idling current with key up?
(((73)))
Phil, K5PC




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