[Amps] Plate Choke Resonances

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:27:47 -0700, Larry Benko <xxw0qe at comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>I just ran a simulation with a tube with a 3000 ohm impedance and 3000V 
>peak AC on the plate connected to a 100uH plate choke at 10MHz. 

REPLY:

The problem with your simulation is that the voltage is held to a
constant 3000 V. In the real world the "Tesla effect" will cause the
voltage to rise far higher and that is what causes the smoke. 

One real world experiment is worth a thousand simulations, IMO.  :-)

73, Bill W6WRT