Hi Chris,
A large resistor load bank.
I made one myself with a 4 position selector switch. The switch had to be
heavily snubbed to prevent arcing.
I used some 225 watt resistors in series. I have enough left to build
another unit if you are interested.
Look near the bottom of this page:
http://qsl.net/wc6w/wc6wfsw/index.html?fr33.html
73 & Good morning,
Marv WC6W
http://qsl.net/wc6w/
--- On Mon, 9/24/12, Chris Wilson <chris@chriswilson.tv> wrote:
> From: Chris Wilson <chris@chriswilson.tv>
> Subject: [Amps] Load testing HV power supplies
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Date: Monday, September 24, 2012, 4:25 AM
>
>
> 24/09/2012 12:21
>
> I am in the midst of making a couple of HV power supplies. I
> would
> like to know if there's a safe means of testing these under
> load,
> without using the RF deck and an expensive tube to put a
> load on?
>
> One supply is hopefully going to give about 3800V DC at
> about .8 of an
> Amp, the other about 5kV at about 1.8 Amps. I would also
> like to be
> able to load a transformer's AC output itself up to see how
> it reacts
> under load. Has anyone "done this at home" and lived to
> share the
> story? :) Thanks.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Chris Wilson.
> mailto: chris@chriswilson.tv
>
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