Show heavy wire ware Is required for A C tube circuits one of the rno most t important things to watch to in aslag the elie new A 0 tubes such as the CX and 0 Is to maket make sure that the wire used for making the connections to the filaments amenta OI Is heavy enough to carry the required current in us using tubes such as the CX CX and even the tha OX CX type tubes lie he ordinary type of flexible hookup hook up wires Is sufficient to carry the currents in the filament lament fl circuit in the average stube S 5 tube receiver using n g two CX tubes lubes as radio frequency amplifiers a CX tube in the first audio stage aage ii a C tube as a detector and a CX or OX CX in the elie last stage tile the three CX tubes draw over aree amperes while the C tube draws ani amperes peres it if a C tube in a also used in the first audio stage the ilie current drawn by the two R F cuties will ft be over two amperes while that drawn by the two C tubes will be 35 85 amperes the xo no 20 wire used in most hookup hook up and battery cables Is not large enough for or use with A 0 tubes rubber covered twisted wire not smaller than no IS 18 should be used if obtainable no 10 or even no 14 Is to be preferred |