[Amps] 3-500z amp homebrew question

Roger (K8RI) k8ri at rogerhalstead.com
Sun Feb 12 16:31:52 PST 2012


On 2/12/2012 6:27 PM, N2BC wrote:
> 10 Commandments of Electrical Safety:
> http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~troppel/tencom.html

Thanks,  that's one of the versions, but not nearly as colorful as the 
one we had in the shop. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:46 PM
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 3-500z amp homebrew question
>
> On 2/12/2012 12:52 PM, John Lemay wrote:
>> Mike
>>
>> If you did not understand the reason for that choke, do you think you
>> should be doing any work inside the amplifier ?
>>
> We all have/had to start some where and asking questions is a good place to
> start.  It's where you learn to keep one hand in your pocket and don't wear
> rings, watches, neck chains, or other jewelry while working on *stuff*, but
> we didn't have to worry about static electricity ruining parts.
>
> My first transmitter didn't work worth...crap.  Pair of 6L6's Then I
> discovered those blue resistors were all wire wound. Wondered if that might
> have an effect, probably not but I replaced them with carbon composition to
> see if it did and it it worked great, right off.
>
> It was amazing to watch the blue glow change in time with the keying...along
> with the glow of the plates. (Two years later I was working with 100 to 200
> KW Plus.) There were all kinds of tubes available for a buck or two new, and
> generally free at the local TV repair shops.
> On top of that the local hams would usually help out and sell or give parts
> to build most anything unless it was their favorite final like 304TLs, Of
> course even the high power ones were a whopping $5 or $10 USD.
>
> 800V can kill you just as dead as 3000, it just can't reach quite as far and
> you know those filter caps can hold a charge a longggg time without a
> bleeder.
> Beware the lightning that lurketh in charged capacitors!
>
> Anyone have the 10 commandments of electrical safety?
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
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