>
>I've experienced some arcing problems with porcelain standoffs. It
>seems to start with a carbon pitting and then at some point it heats
>the porcelain and causes an explosion inside the cabinet. Is this
>being caused by poor quality (military surplus) or maybe a some
>bizarre high frequency parasitic?
>
The Heath SB-220 uses semi-porous porcelain in its HV-RFC. Sometimes
they arc through to the mounting screw.
cheers, George.
- R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K,
www.vcnet.com/measures.
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