[Amps] Heat Dissapating 8877 HV Plate Caps

[Fern Rivard]

    For crying out loud! Which way are the plates on all of the other plate dissipating caps oriented? Look at those for 813's, 4-400's, 4-1000's.....they'e all with horizontal fins. I don't recall seeing any of them with vertical plates anywheres.  I'm not saying that they're really needed but there's nothing wrong with putting them on as it will definitely help somewhat with the cooling.
    Just my 2 cents worth.    Fern


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Schafer" <garyschafer at comcast.net>
To: "'robert briggs'" <vk3zl at bigpond.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Heat Dissapating 8877 HV Plate Caps


To each his own. But from my point of view if there was to be anything
gained the tube manufacturer would have put fins on that part of the tube. 
I would also guess that they would have had the fins in the proper
orientation to air flow with air blowing thru the fins and not across them. 

I suppose pure silver power cords will be the next fad here.

73
Gary  K4FMX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of robert briggs
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 8:54 PM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] Heat Dissapating 8877 HV Plate Caps
> 
> Interesting to note all the crapola over the heat dissapating caps.In a
> number of HFamplifiers I have built I have used these caps on metal
> ceramic tubes.Whats wrong with a bit of extra metal to assist with the
> radiation.The other plus factor is those caps make an excellent attachment
> point for HT and suppressors.Works for me and full marks to Ron for
> innovation.
> 
> Bob VK3ZL........
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