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In Reply to: 6Z4 / 84 posted by 6SJ7 on September 19, 2004 at 20:41:33:
Known for shorting heater-cathode. If you use a separate winding or transformer, it won't matter if it does short... otherwise, best to fuse the HV secondary (1/8A slo-blo or similar), just in case. The '40s radio repairman's trick was to solder a pair of #47 bulbs in series as fuses.
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- Re: 6Z4 / 84 - Tom Bavis 04:25:04 09/20/04 (3)
- it won't matter if it does short... becoming a direct heat cathode? - 6SJ7 09:25:44 09/20/04 (2)
- Re: it won't matter if it does short... becoming a direct heat cathode? - Tom Bavis 17:28:46 09/20/04 (1)
- thank you for the head-up, so other than 6X5G & 84 what other rectifiers tend to short the cathode and filament (NT) - 6BQ5 18:22:21 09/20/04 (0)
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