[Amps] Centurion plate current issue

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:31:02 +0800, Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com>
wrote:

>. We have a spare socket and heater 
>transformer and so we have thought of a rubber hammer or discharging 
>a capacitor through the fault when the tube is hot. 

REPLY:

The trouble with that approach is you are just moving the piece of
crud to a different place in the tube, or blowing it to pieces, still
inside the tube. 

Personally, I recommend you junk it. You'll sleep better.  :-)

73, Bill W6WRT