[Amps] Can I cool too much the tubes?

[Rudy Bakalov]

This is an excellent point! Thank you Bill.

Rudy N2WQ
--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Can I cool too much the tubes?
To: amps at contesting.com
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 2:29 PM

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:34:58 -0700 (PDT), Rudy Bakalov
<r_bakalov at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Experience trumps specs. The amp goes into standby mode after about 30 minutes running at full power, i.e. about 1200 W.  If I run it at around 400-500 W it is fine.

REPLY:

If it were mine, I would measure the tube seal temps when it goes into
standby. It could be that Ten-Tec has been ultra conservative on it's
shutdown point. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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