[Amps] soft start, how to determine if needed?

[Bill, W6WRT]

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On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:58:56 +0200, "Alex Eban" <alexeban at gmail.com>
wrote:

>By the way, an old trick that was used in tube type TV sets was to install a
>thermistor in series with the mains.

REPLY:

That thermistor was not used for soft start. It was part of the
degaussing system and had very poor reliability. I changed hundreds of
them over the years. Not recommended.

73, Bill W6WRT