[R-390] RE: Hammond R-390A cabinets...

[Drew P.]

On the topic of heat generation in the R-390 Roy
Morgan wrote:

>I had been testing the receiver with 6080's, filament
>fed from an external filament transformer.  I used
>speaker wire to get the 6.3 volts in to the tubes,
and >the insulation on it MELTED against the tubes.   

>"BAD", I thought.

Imagine forum member James Bischof's chagrin when his
R-390's 6082 tubes set the newspaper covering his
workbench ablaze!

Drew

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