Re: Tube coil related questions

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 8/16/00 7:59:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 
>  I have an 833A coil that has given great performance with one small
>  problem:  the microwave-oven diode that I use in my "level-shifted (or
>  doubler)" supply gets toasted now and then.  I believe John Freau has
>  suggested, and probably correctly, that this is due to large RF kickback.
>  Anyway, I wanted to eliminate this issue, and was thinking about other
>  rectifier options.

Carl,

Have you tried 2 or 3 diodes in parallel?  They might not be handling
the current well.

Cheers,
John Freau