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wimps try them in a BH circuit, they work and sound nice... haven't blown up either... Anyways, I'd probably just stick with the MOSFETs or design another CCS (pentode CCS for a SS amp anyone?).

for those that disagree, the Traeger solution is pretty much perfect, huh?

That would be my chief concern as well. The Traeger has a dial that is used to control the pellet feed, which controls the heat. The lower end models have three settings and the higher end models offer continuous adjustment. This weekend I smoked a pull-pork butt and a brisket at the low setting was dead on 200 for about 30 hours between the two meet cuts. I'm looking into grills at the moment as well. These two are on my list, as well as something that has an infrared heating option. I've narrowed these down to one of the Napoleon Grill models. At this point, I'm leaning towards one of the Napoleon's, but have to wait until some remodeling is finished, like yourself

I might have some used ones... would that work?

wow, I'd have to agree 20 is pretty much a minimum. I'd recommend just starting a thread where people can post their interest and holding tight until that number is reached. That's some serious outlay for something that chances are very large will never meet 20 to begin with.

Yes, MOVs. The downstream components are optimized for small spikes, not medium to large ones...

I'm sure kwkarth knows, ask him?

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actually, I wasn't totally joking about it being a good choice for the LCD-2. The "Arch" is Nelson Pass' take on a Hiraga Nemisis. Yup, still uses an output transformer. Very "SET sounding". Similar to this:

agreed. The minimum is "The Arch Nemesis"

oops... update: edit: FWCT note doesn't work

Mike, have you considered a Traeger pellet grill?

done

Makes a better CCS I've found when I've used it. The lower voltage is the issue for these guys..

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just be careful, as I've run across some of these that didn't meet spec. and were most likely relabeled. I believe Spritzer did as well way back when. I'd insist on factory packaging and check the markings against the datasheet.

oops! nm

I sorta want to posit such a claim in the fuse-douche thread at HF and see what happens... thermal breakers and PTCs perhaps.

this seems totally unnecessary to me. It's a plastic package after all, why are you using ceramic insulators again?

http://www.head-case.org/forums/do-yourself/6925-ultimate-diy-stax-srm-t2-57.html#post369734

has anyone ever used or considered a resettable thermal breaker in lieu of a fuse? Seems like they might sound better than a fuse ... ahem.

hrumph, it's this a little presumptuous?? Perhaps this "league" Rek's is referring to is the doctorate holding, Mensa card carrying, Future Knife Sharpeners of America?

here Craig, use this:

I was suggesting a way that external heatsinks might work, as Kevin mentioned the bracket construction might be a show stopper for some. Plenty of dynahis have been built with external devices..