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In Reply to: is the heat from tubes limited to heaters? or... posted by jarthel on September 30, 2006 at 08:10:31:
There is a voltage drop across an operating tube. Therefore current will flow and heat will be produced.Think of it this was, if the heat was just caused by the filament, then why do power transistors need heatsinks? After all they have no filament?
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