[AMPS] AL-1500, AL-82, AL-1200, QRO???

measures 2@vc.net
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 05:25:40 -0800


>
>Rich Measures wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>One does not have to remember anything if one puts the glitch R in the 
>>>>positive HV lead.  
>>>>
>>>Except to insulate *both* ends to full HV. 
>>
>>Ian plays the Wild Card.  
>>
>
>>>>>those
>>>>>components are not protected any differently by a glitch resistor in the
>>>>>B+ or the B-minus. As Andy said, it's the same surge current flowing
>>>>>around the loop,   ...
>>>>
>>>> It can not be the same current if the Glitch R drop is limited to 1.5v 
>>>>by the glitch diode.  
>>>
>>>You're imagining the diode in the wrong place, shunting the glitch
>>>resistor.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>see diagram
>
>There wasn't one... but there is now. I just wasted an hour hacking some
>diagrams and text together, ...

True.  You need to be looking at a commercial amplifier that puts the 
glitch R in the negative circuit.  The 2k-4 is an example.  

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