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25th Feb 2019, 9:38 am | #1 |
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Dummy Load possibilities
Would anyone like to speculate what wattage I might be able to use this resistor to measure in a ventilated case with no forced air movement.
It says 50 ohms on the back away from the camera, is 0.96" diameter and has 5mm wall thickness. Jim |
25th Feb 2019, 10:39 am | #2 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Morganite type 701's are 10W resistors, so mounted as you indicate - 5 - 8W safely for a reasonable length of time, 10W in short bursts - letting it cool afterwards.
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25th Feb 2019, 12:28 pm | #3 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Thanks for that Terry. I hadn't found any info despite trying.
I was hoping it would be 20 watts which would be more helpful. Maybe I shall have to try dunking it in oil or fan cooling it. Some experimenting needed. Jim |
25th Feb 2019, 8:08 pm | #4 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
I was recently looking at an American website, dealing mostly with spares and mods for Kenwood HF rigs, but also presented this design for a 100W dummy load https://k4eaa.com/dummy.html. May not be a professional grade unit, may be adequate for us hams? There was a guy selling 20 off of the 3W resistors, online at a good price.
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25th Feb 2019, 8:19 pm | #5 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
While dunking it in oil to increase heat-conduction might at first glance be a good idea, be aware that some oils can be distinctly problematic and can - over time - cause the resistor to change value in inconvenient ways.
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25th Feb 2019, 9:36 pm | #6 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Those tubular ones aren’t particularly temperature stable. I accidentally put 100W through one in a Marconi power meter and it read 28 ohms for a good ten minutes afterwards! Whoops.
RS sell Caddock 50 ohm 1% TO220 packaged resistors which are good for loads in HF bands. About £11 a go though! |
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So seems like its been in pretty much in almost daily use for a year. It would be necessary to keep an eye on it and bin if it goes bad. B
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25th Feb 2019, 9:45 pm | #8 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
I've been using a "47 ohm" resistor of this type for testing a DC-AC inverter. It was carrying 165W for about 5 minutes and the resistance measured 43 ohms at the end of the run, temperature around 232°F.
Best wishes Guy Last edited by Nymrod121; 25th Feb 2019 at 9:54 pm. Reason: add pic & temp measurement info |
25th Feb 2019, 10:03 pm | #9 |
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That's pretty good!
Another option (and a shop with lots of other toys): https://qrp-labs.com/dummy.html |
25th Feb 2019, 11:14 pm | #10 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
I think that's an error.
My catalogue says they are rated at 90W @ 20 degrees C, and I have certainly seen them in dummy loads with intermittent ratings above that figure. The rating is for vertical mounting (which gives better cooling) and is limited by a maximum surface temperature of 220 degrees C. Probably good for a few hundred watts of SSB, which has a low duty cycle. |
26th Feb 2019, 6:07 am | #11 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Does your catalogue mention whether those figures are resistance specific across the whole range of resistances by any chance?
I was using the figure we were told when we used them back in my old Post Office tech trainee days, so your catalogue is probably better info than what I was relying on. Re oil for cooling, transformer oil if you can get it or mineral oil (baby oil) would be OK. |
26th Feb 2019, 7:24 am | #12 | |
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When you compare the size of a 2W resistor with this 701 you would expect a lot more than 10W. I made a dummy load into a small can about 35 years ago which worked ok although I never stressed it but I’m worried now that the transformer oil I used then has nasties in it. My main use of a 50 ohm DL would be to tune the pi tank of a transmitter to 50 ohms prior to connecting and setting up the ATU. I only have interest in low frequency AM and CW these days and have no SSB gear. Jim |
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26th Feb 2019, 2:03 pm | #13 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Hi All,
If you want to go down the oil-cooled route you might want to consider silicone oil. This used to be difficult to find in sensible quantities but is now widely available as treadmill oil - Ebay 173792548861 for instance (no connection to me) This oil has a viscosity of 350cst. which is a little more viscous than the oil used, for instance, in cooling the Redifon solid state linear amplifiers (200cst) but I can't see the increase in viscosity being a problem for something which is a simple shape like a resistor in a can. Bit different if you need the oil to work it's way in amongst lots of small components etc. The electrical properties of silicone oil are very good - better than mineral oil, I believe - and it does not have any of the harmful side effects associated with some of the other candidate oils. cheers
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26th Feb 2019, 3:48 pm | #14 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Engine oil will be fine and cheap.
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26th Feb 2019, 6:00 pm | #15 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Could you wrap it in copper and solder on fins? Even if they were delicate fins you could then put it in oil and see how you go. I used cooking oil in one many years ago...never seemed to do any harm but it was not one of these types.
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26th Feb 2019, 6:34 pm | #16 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Jim, my 50 watt Murphy 618 has a similar looking dummy load resistor, but half the length. It is rated at 35 watts. I'd put power on and increase in steps until it got too hot to touch.
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26th Feb 2019, 6:37 pm | #17 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Jim & Terry:
Here is a link to the relevant page on their online catalogue: http://www.hvrint.com/rodtube.htm HVR is the current name for the old Morganite company. |
26th Feb 2019, 10:08 pm | #18 |
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Thanks Dave,
Useful info. I was looking under their former name. Jim |
27th Feb 2019, 12:29 am | #19 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Thanks for that.
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27th Feb 2019, 12:38 am | #20 |
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Re: Dummy Load possibilities
Not totally sure about that. The paraffin oil showed on the 'Kenwood' webpage is a pure hydrocarbon whereas engine oil contains a whole cocktail of inorganic additives thrown in to add one property or another. In terms of both dielectric and chemical compatibility properties, the engine oil might pose issues?
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