• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

A new/old CCS?

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Hi Frank. I figured as long as you didn't drop more voltage across them than they are rated for you would be OK. Just something I found while poking around. You would have to be careful when biasing the power tube though. Cheers
 
Hi,

These where sometimes used to drop voltage in series connected heater strings but I have seen them used in high voltage constant current circuits also. If I remember correctly they consist of a plain iron wire in hydrogen gas. They have not so high Ri and the current regulation is very slow so I dont think they can be used as CCS in an AC circuit.

Regards Hans
 
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