Posted by wunhuanglo [ 67.35.251.217 ] on August 01, 2004 at 08:12:27:

In Reply to: Practicality rules. posted by Bill Fitzmaurice on July 31, 2004 at 20:49:08:

Not that your hypothesis is impossible, but I find it extraordinarily implausible. This is a commercial product – what could possibly be more inconvenient than a porcelain as a connector for anything other than a light bulb?

I looked up a DIY ESL amplifier design from the same era (1968). In that design the author used light bulbs “to equalize the voltage to the capacitors” in the high voltage section of the output.

After reading that, I remembered that Nelson Pass has an amp design that uses four standard base light bulbs in some sort of regulation scheme.

It may not represent an component of a crossover section as I originally thought it might, but I find it very difficult to believe that it’s intended to terminate the panel leads either.

Replies:

• Re: Not that I know nuthin' about nuthin', but... - Wayne Parham 11:36:44 08/01/04 (4)
  • Found an exact Chinese-made replica - wunhuanglo 12:05:40 08/01/04 (2)
    • You won the $64,000 prize - Wayne Parham 00:09:05 08/02/04 (1)
      • Re: You won the $64,000 prize - wunhuanglo 05:57:11 08/02/04 (0)
  • I'd bet $1 you're right! - wunhuanglo 11:48:01 08/01/04 (0)