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2025-01-19 22:28:19
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Rasmus SA5RJS on Nostr: 5) Second test, where thermal runaway was very noticeable I let the amplifier run ...

5) Second test, where thermal runaway was very noticeable

I let the amplifier run with constant 13.2 V power supply, fixed gate bias voltage, and constant 0.2 W input power. The transistor tabs reached 70 °C in about a minute. The current consumption kept increasing.

This is in line with what F5NPV wrote about on his blog and pointed out here on mastodon. The bias circuit doesn't have any temperature compensation. So this is to be expected!

Links to YouTube and MakerTube videos:

https://youtu.be/kbxbTp3CwPo

https://makertube.net/w/5Nx4uXhbry3zhF468iNwru

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