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Old March 24th 07, 10:55 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.misc,uk.radio.amateur
Antonio Vernucci Antonio Vernucci is offline
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Default Question re TL 922 amplifier

The normal filament current is about 14 amperes at 5 volts. The grid/filament
short generally draws less than 100 ma of grid current and less than 300 ma of
plate currnet. An abnormal current of less than 0.5 ampere is not a problem
for the major floating secondary winding of a filament transformer.


In the TL-922, the filament transformer would burn after a short while because
on that same transformer there is another secondary (80 Volts) which gets nearly
shorted to ground when a filament-to-grid short occurs in a tube.

73

Tony I0JX