Faulty Tube, could I have done something wrong.
Hi all
I have been battling for sometime with my losing power, and after trying every suggestion, it seems that a faulty tube was the culprit. I now have my new tube in, but I am worried about using it and potentially ending up with the same problem. I guess what I am asking is, whether it is most likely that there was a fault with the tube, (it was a 80W Reci with less than 40 hours on it), or if there was something I had done that led to the problem.
I have always run the tube at around 24mA on the ammeter on the machine, less than the 27mA suggested for maximum tube life. There may have been one time where the tube was over this, but it was for about 10 seconds, and I doubt that would have had such an effect.
My water supply to the tube is at about 20 celcius.
Is it advised to have a voltage regulator for the machine. Also, I did not get a ground spike for the machine.
Regards
Brent