Re: Lesson Learned
Posted: March 17th, 2022, 2:24 pm
Roscoe Primrose wrote:Carbon comp resistors are also quite tolerant of short-term overloads as well. They're the resistor of choice in antenna work where very brief high currents can occur due to nearby lightning...
Roscoe
I hate noise. That may not be an issue given that it's a Class A PP stage.
I also hate fire. Carbon comps make me queasy, except in virtually zero current cases like grid or gate stoppers.
Actually, I'm surprised that carbon comp is even made in sizes about 2 watts or so!