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Re: Big Triode Tubes
Tesla List wrote:
>
> > > > Subject: Big Triode Tubes
>
> >From gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.milWed Sep 4 22:09:53 1996
> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 09:10:56 -0500
> From: Dan Gowin <gowin-at-epic-1.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil>
> Richard,
> How about an ARC welder! I'm being sarcastic, the tube I'm
> looking at is 7.5 V at 100 Amps on the filament. I'll probably use
> a balanced neon for the plate, but I'll need to experiment and find
> what filament currents will work. I already recognize that if the
> current is to low, it will take forever to heat the tube.
>
> D. Gowin
Keep in mind that large vacuum tube filiments have a very low
cold-resistance, and a very slow warm-up with a variac in front of the
filament transformer is standard procedure.
Storey Clamp
San Antonio, Texas