[ARC5] Collins xfmr ratings

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 16 Aug 2014 at 0:12, Dennis Monticelli wrote:

> 
> Dennis, 
> 
> I respectively disagree that the same amount of power will be wasted.  That is
> only true if no current is tapped off the string.  As the bleed current flows
> down the resistor toward the VR tubes it takes useful shunt paths.  For example
> the current for the osc is fed from current that would otherwise be "wasted" in
> the VR tubes.  The current for the osc would otherwise have had to come from
> yet another current path off the HV rail. 
> 
> Dennis AE6C

Agreed.

Ken W7EKB