[Amps] New High Efficiency 3-500Z plate caps

[Pete Smith]

Somewhere in my youth, I recall reading that plate caps like that make 
very little difference, because the ability of that thin plate electrode 
to transfer heat from the plate itself is the limiting factor, not the 
size or surface area of the cap.  True/false?

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 7/1/2010 10:14 AM, Patrick Barthelow wrote:
> Cool, ....So to speak...
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> They resemble closely the design of the factory  plate heat dissapators on the Drake L-4B
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> Also, I wonder if there is any heat transfer advantage to be gained by smearing a thin
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> (as always) layer of heat sink compound between the tube electrode, and the inside clamp hole of the dissapators?
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> Best Regards,
> 73, de Pat Barthelow AA6EG
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>> From: 4cx250b at muohio.edu
>> To: amps at contesting.com
>> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 06:25:05 -0600
>> Subject: [Amps] New High Efficiency 3-500Z plate caps
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>> Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoVCGFPvOuk
>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoVCGFPvOuk&hd=1>  &hd=1 for a neat video
>> showcasing the new 3-500Z plate caps by Mike Freeman NT8O and his brother at
>> www.73CNC.com<http://www.73cnc.com/>
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