[Amps] TenTec Titan 425

[Richard]

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard <2@mail.vcnet.com>
>To: jljarvis <jljarvis@abs.adelphia.net>; AMPS <amps@contesting.com>
>Date: 08 March 2002 16:52
>Subject: Re: [Amps] TenTec Titan 425
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>>€  The 425 I worked on exhibited - with a Funderberg high-pot
>>gold-sputtering test, migrant gold damage in both 3cx800A7s........
>
>I've seen the effect of leakage changing when anode/grid polarity is
>reversed in 8875s and 8877s, but I'm puzzled by the mechanism. For gold melt
>balls to be the cause, I figure that (a) they must be, and remain,
>negatively charged 

€  agreed

>and (b) they must be repelled more by gold wires with -ve
>charge than whatever is on the inside of the anode with the same -ve charge
>on it. 

€ The whatever on the anode is 8kV positive or negative.  This is 
apparently sufficient to attract or repell the negatively charged gold 
melt-balls - and change current flow.  Typically, I see way less leakage 
current with negative 8KV.  With air leakage, the current is the same 
with either polarity.

> I find both of these counter intuitive - am I missing something?
>
>Steve

-  R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K, 
www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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