Re: "Value" of 1 ohm

You can probably skip the resistor if you don't have one, but it is already
part of the heater circuit on the raster chassis I used, so I used it.
Seems a good idea to me to try it, and if the results are not satisfactory
to then try shorting it out...

John :-#)#

At 08:59 AM 02/12/2002 -0600, Mark Shostak (DOS) wrote:

> > The 1 ohm resistor is in series with the heater on the tube, to reduce the
> > inrush current and improve it's life span.
>
>John/Rodger,
>
>Do you think 1 ohm is really going to provide any improvement in heater
>life span?
>
>Or does it serve some other purpose?
>
>Or can we lose it...
>
>-Mark
>
>
>
>
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