re; 811A ratings (was "First VTTC light, and a few questions")

["Gomez ADDams" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

I recently posted:
> Not so, at least for the 811A.  I had an RCA version of the 811A in a VTTC
> in high school, and I had the documentation for it, straight from RCA, which
> claimed that when running at its full rated power of (I think) 400watts CW
> Class A, the plate would glow red and that this was normal.  Also a dim
> purple glow around the plate at lower power ratings and higher voltages
> could be expected.

My flaky memory strikes again!  I was way, way off.  Ralph Z. sent me a
correction, and I confirmed it by looking up the data sheets on the web.

The ICAS (intermittent) Class C max rating for the 811A is 65watts.

A useful resource for those with tube data questions:

http://www.triodeel-dot-com/tubedata.htm

- Bill / Gomez / Arkoff

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