Re: So Maybe MOTs Don't Rule

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• Subject: Re: So Maybe MOTs Don't Rule
• From: "Herwig Roscher" <herwig.roscher-at-gmx.de> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 07:49:02 -0700
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Gregory R. Hunter wrote:

> I used the flat, wire-wound type which is wound on an aluminum 
strip with a hole punched thru each end--great for easy 
breadboarding but lousy for HV RF.  Transients simply arced to the
strip, bypassed the resistor body, and arced back onto the other 
end of the resistor. 

>  So I modified the resistors by removing the metal strip and 
suspended them from stiff wire leads. 

Gregory,

I'vd faced exactly the same problem. In order to overcome it, I've 
removed 1/2" of the metal strip inside of the resistors. This left a 
little bit of the heat sinking capability of the resistors.

Regards

Herwig

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