[Boatanchors] Split stator cap voltage

[Barrie Smith]

Hello:

I'm getting very close to completing a push-pull pair of VT-127As for 10 and 15M, only.

The split capacitor I'm using is a Millen right-angle, center-drive rated at 6000 volts.

This deck will be AM modulated, so I can likely use only 1500 volts B+.

Unless!

According to the older handbooks, if I bypass the rotor to ground for RF, the voltage rating for the cap will increase.

None of the books I have say how much it will increase.

Also, the handbooks show a method of increasing the voltage rating by directly attaching the B+ to the rotor, or attaching the B+ to the rotor through (any) RF choke, or through a 47K resistor.

Again, no specific number is mentioned.

Does anyone know how much voltage increase I could expect by using one, or the other, or both of these methods?

TNX, 73, Barrie, W7ALW