[Amps] 3-500Z glitch resistor

[Bob Maser]

That is not true.  Just go to any convenience store, liquor store, Wal-Mart 
and buy a Crystal cigar.  It comes in a nice, 7" long glass tube.  Cost, 
about a buck or less.  The cigar ain't bad either.

Bob W6TR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Cutter" <d.cutter at ntlworld.com>
To: "Roger (K8RI)" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>; "Peter Voelpel" 
<df3kv at t-online.de>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z glitch resistor


> Glass tubes are not so easy to find: some plastics might do just as well
> filled with sand.
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
> To: "Peter Voelpel" <df3kv at t-online.de>
> Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z glitch resistor
>
>
>> Peter Voelpel wrote:
>>> Put the wire into a glass tube and fill that with sand
>>>
>>
>> Now that makes sense. Basically a HV fuse is just a tube with a wire
>> filled with sand.
>> If glass just make the diameter large enough to handle the pressure.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
>>> 73
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
>>> Sent: Dienstag, 16. September 2008 20:10
>>> To: Kevin LaHaie
>>> Cc: amps at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500Z glitch resistor
>>>
>>> Kevin LaHaie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Harbach recommends a single strand of #32 or 36 wire create a fusible
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I really don't like the thought of a piece of wire in there long enough
>>> to extinguish the arc, or to coat things with vaporized copper. OTOH
>>> using regular fuses is inviting disaster. Most are rated no more than
>>> 250 v.  HV fuses are difficult to find but about the only safe way to 
>>> go.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Roger (K8RI)
>>>
>>>> link, in series with the current limiting resistor.  Makes sense -
>>>> inexpensive with big potential returns!  A recommended source of this
>>>> wire being a single strand from a computer disk drive ribbon cable - we
>>>> all have those lying around!
>>>>
>>>> 73 Kevin K7ZS
>>>>
>>>> sccook1 at cox.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Team,
>>>>>
>>>>> How about a resistor in series with fuse.
>>>>>
>>>>> -S
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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