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To: Ian White GM3SEK <gm3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [Amps] AMPS
From: R L Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:40:14 -0700
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On Jul 20, 2006, at 3:50 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:

> R L Measures wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 20, 2006, at 4:42 AM, Harold Mandel wrote:
>>
>>> The GM3SEK and WD7S Triode and Tetrode Controller boards,
>>> when suitably integrated, when properly adjusted, serve to
>>> protect tubes and power supplies in a much faster time frame
>>> than fuses.
>>
>> Hal --- Does the GM3SEK / WD7S Triode Controller board for an 8877
>> use a grid protect transistor rated at >50A?
>
> Despite requests in the past, you have never provided a specific  
> example
> of a  circuit that needs a "grid protect transistor rated at >50A".

An example is any amplifier that uses an 8877.

>
> The schematic of my grid-protection circuit is in the Triode Board  
> user
> manual which is downloadable from the website. The only transistor in
> this circuit is a 2N2222 that senses a small fraction of the grid
> current, and can handle even extreme fault conditions.

Does the 2N2222 interrupt the flow of grid current if the limit is  
exceeded?
>
>
> -- 
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
> http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
>
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