[Amps] a BANG in the AMP ?

[Ian White, G3SEK]

rlm wrote:
>>>  my guess is that the tube took off on its own.
>>>
>> Took off, the moment he first switched on? 3CX800s have a 
>>three-minute  warmup, so maybe not...
>
>***  agreed.  So maybe it needs an exorcist?

No, just a different explanation from the one you wanted.

>>
>>
>> If you're doing a post-mortem, you have to look at the evidence as it 
>>*is*, not as you'd maybe like it to be.
>
>***  I am the dude who autopsies tubes.
>
And the single hardest thing for any autopsy practitioner is to begin 
with a completely open mind: to see only what's really there, and not 
select the facts to fit your own pre-conceptions.

Try a few episodes of the TV series 'Silent Witness'...


-- 
73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                            Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek