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Re: Bias King Question

8/25/1999 6:58 PM
Reid Kneeland
Re: Bias King Question
quote:
"I built my own a long time ago using a plastic enclosure, an octal socket and plug and some hookup wire."
 
 
 
 
I did this too, though I used a 1-ohm 1% resistor  
 
in series with the cathode (with test leads running out  
 
of the side of the case). A really easy way to do this  
 
is to take an old octal relay ($1 at my local surplus  
 
place), pull out the relay guts, drill a hole in the  
 
top for the socket, and run the wires. My total cost  
 
was less than $3 and it works great. (You could put  
 
the resistor in series with the plate to avoide reading  
 
the screen current, but be careful of those HOT test  
 
leads sticking out!)  
 
 
 
Reid  
 

 
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