[R-390] BallasTubes & Xmax bulb problem

[Jon & Valerie Oldenburg]

> Yeah -y'know -- we really should get more glow for the money.
>
> Meanwhile, I tested my Xmas bulb idea.  Problem -- now my '390 is
> intermittent -- the bulb blinks and the radio goes on and off, on and off,
> on and off.
 Hum, never did care for blinker bulbs........
> To top it off, now the lights on my tree _don't_ blink, though the ballast
> tube does look pretty hanging on it.  Is it OK to run 'em upside down?
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Better watch out, if you run the thing inverted the excess electrons being
held back by the regulating action of the 3TF7 can not drain out and will
result in standing waves forming in the power line of the light set. You may
have to poke a hole in the power line to let them run out! (Whoops - adapted
from a joke we made on a below average CB-er, who actually did poke a hole
in his coax to try and lower his SWR!) Jon