[Amps] SS amps watercooling - was PowerGenius XL

donroden at hiwaay.net donroden at hiwaay.net
Wed Feb 15 08:20:11 EST 2017


Much ado about nothing.

( 40 years experience with TV transmitters that use liquid cooling
and voltages between 12 KV to 24 KV. )

Don W4DNR



Quoting Big Don <bigdon39 at gmail.com>:

> Water-cooled amps HEALTH TIP --
> There are enough ways to *electrocute* yourself playing with amps
> without having leaked water spraying everywhere....
> Don  N7EF
>
> On 2/14/2017 10:14 PM, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>>
>>> Or you refrigerate the water, but in that case the heat from compression
>>> is air cooled.
>>> There's a good chance submersing in oil would change the values of some
>>> components.  200 fluid of a very low viscosity would work.
>>>
>>> OTOH it takes very little water to adequately cool a legal limit amp, be
>>> it a SS or tube type.
>>>
>>> 73, Roger (K8RI)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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