That makes sense, because it would cut off the degausser better. The "hot" unit would work as an inrush limiter, then. Its resistance drops as it gets hot, so it is an NTC thermistor.
Bacon, WA3WDR ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of AM Radio'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:34 PM Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Globar brand thermistors > As I recall the hot one was in series with the supply to the TV > circuitry and the other was in series with the degaussing coil, the > degaussing coil and its series cold resistor device was placed in > shunt with the hot resistor. In this way the voltage drop across > the hot resistor went very low and the cold resistor (as it was > called) would not conduct unless the voltage was above a > certain value. Therefore in a few seconds the current > through the degaussing coil would drop to nothing. > > John, WA5BXO
