grid leak
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grid leak
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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In a box small enough to be carried around are four different kinds of electric batteries, a delicate galvanometre, two radio vacuum tubes, eleven resistors, one grid leak and four switches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grid leak is connected in the lead from the grid to the aerial to keep the voltage on the grid at the right potential.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
The way a grid leak and vacuum tube detector with a one-step amplifier are connected up is shown at A in Fig.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
In this set, which gives better results than where a grid leak is used, the amplifier tube is placed in the first oscillation circuit and the detector tube in the second circuit.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
The fixed condensers and the grid leak can be placed anywhere so that it will be easy to connect them in and you are ready to wire up the set.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
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