[AMRadio] Building the Dummy Load

[Brett Gazdzinski]

John,
They are the same as the fuse holders in electrical equipment.
The big 220v fuse holders like what's used in
air conditioning equipment and so on.

Its possible a good electrical supply house might have them...

Brett
N2DTS
> 
> 
> I Have some of those clamps but only about 3 or 4, not enough.  The
> resistors acquired for Electronic Goldmine seem to be the 
> same as yours
> the entire piece looks like the inside of a pencil, maybe a little
> rougher, with the ends silvered back about 1 inch or so.  I though I
> would get some of those "screw to close" hose clamps,  maybe take a
> dremel type wire brush to it to knock the coating of the hose clamp so
> it would take solder, or just drill a hole in the slip end of 
> the clamp
> for mounting.
> 
> CUL, 73, John, WA5BXO
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Donald Chester
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 12:23 AM
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Building the Dummy Load
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "John E. Coleman" <colemanj at sbcglobal.net>
> >
> I have the intension of putting hose clamps on the ends and
> >then fastening them down to copper busses and building a cage around
> the
> >whole thing.
> 
> I used what look like large fuse clips.  They are also used 
> with power 
> resistors.  I think some of them came from the old TV transmitter we 
> dismantled in Houston.  I made two circular copper bus strips and in
> each 
> drilled holes spaced like the numbers on a clock.  The 12 
> glowbars plug 
> right in.  Mine have bare ends coated with some silver looking
> substance, 
> except for one, which looks more like gold than silver.  They fit the
> clips 
> perfectly.  I don't have a cage around mine, but I need one, for
> mechanical 
> protection.  I'd hate to break one of the resistors.
> 
> Don K4KYV
> 
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