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Larry W4CSC wrote:
Bruce in Alaska wrote in news:bruceg-
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Yep, if you do that, the "Magic Smoke" comes out and they don't
work right anymore. It isn't easy to put the smoke back in either.
Bruce in alaska
I have never seen anyone successful at pumping the "Magic Smoke" back into
any electronic component or cabinet, however many have tried in vain....(c;
"Magic Smoke" is much more impressive in transmitters over 10 KW, don't you
agree?
Larry
POWER IS OUR FRIEND!
Had a Gates 15Kw FM take a dump, from over the hill Power Tubes going
flat at 2AM in the snow. Back of the Cabinet was outside building with
the front inside. When I arrived, with the consulting engineer, we found
"Smoking Holes in the snow" where the final parts had been thrown, and
melted down thru the snow. This was a NON-Profit, noncommercial, that
used handmedown finals from the local Tv Station Modulator, and when they
went south they did it in an "Exlosive" fashion. It took us 6 hours to
rebuild all the "Plumbing" and get back on the air with the next set of
"Overtime Tubes". One of my many "Broadcast Stories" from when I was a
kid.
Bruce in alaska
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