[Amps] Thoriated tungsten lifetime when idling tspa
Phil Clements
philc at texascellnet.com
Fri Feb 9 16:00:38 EST 2007
> 1.) You don't turn the thing off and on needlessly.
> 2.) You do a filament circuit that limits extended warm-up
> current to twice the rated current or less.
The way Henry deals with #2 above is inserting a 10 ohm 50 watt power
resistor in series with one side of the 240 volt primary of the filament
transformer. This is on their 3X3 amps. There are 6 taps on the primary of
the transformer to set the proper voltage at the tube pins.
(((73)))
Phil, K5PC
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