Dave, I spoke to K2AW on the phone once about paralleling his blocks, He
talked me out of it, they are conservitivly rated, made out of 3A diodes. I
just ran the normal configuration. 73 de Dick NY1E
At 09:25 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Does anybody here on the reflector have a recommendation on sources for HV
>power supply diode blocks? I'm thinking about building six single-band,
>single-tube 3-1000Z finals, and for space considerations would like to run
>these off three power supplies. I have three 7' racks built into the wall
>of my shack, so the plan is two finals off one p/s in each rack.
>
>I've had 100& success with the K2AW diode blocks, but these are only rated
>for one ampere. Four of these in a bridge work great for a single amp, but
>not for two.
>
>Input will be 3000 VAC in a bridge, about 4200V no-load. I'm not planning
>to hammer the amps, so I would think a 2A rating would be adequate.
>
>73,
>
>Dave/K8CC
>
>
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