[Amps] success crowbarring PS

[John Lyles]

Jim
Sounds like a successful Crowbar test. I like those. Silent, all that current dumps, and the transmitter survives. When the crowbar DOESN'T trigger fast enough, then all H--- breaks loose. Thats when you vaporize wires and melt grids. 

#29 and 30 AWG magnet wire are still a standardized test method for high power crowbar protection for tubes.

I didn't know you were in Roswell (KBIM), the UFO capital.

73
John
K5PRO 
> On the scheduled day I examined the wire to be sure it
> was the right size, this being verified by my immediate
> supervisor.  Everyone around had this very serious look
> on their faces.  3 - 2 - 1 - connect.
> 
> The wire didn't even vaporize.  The operation of the
> crowbar was totally - I mean  TOTALLY -  silent.
> 
> I am sure I had turned white from stresss.  Everyone
> laughed and welcomed me to the Crowbar Testing Club.
> 
> The crowbar operated as it should have.  The specs by
> Eimac (remember them?) were that the crowbar must
> operate in a manner such that #30 wire must survive
> the test.
 
> - JimT