> A transistor can avalanche and not recover without removing the
> power. A tube can recover with the power on, as long as the metal
> don't ionize.
Not true, a flashover in a valve is just as destructive as a similar
condition in a transistor and cannot be snubbed without removing the
supplies.
We have big crowbar switches here.
Lee.
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