Abstract: A repair device for fixing a malfunctioning shunt across a failed filament in a light bulb in a group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs includes a high-voltage pulse generator producing one or more pulses of a magnitude greater than the standard AC power line voltage. A connector receives the pulses from the pulse generator and supplies them to the group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs. The pulse generator may be a piezoelectric pulse generator, a battery-powered electronic pulse generator, and/or an AC-powered electrical pulse generator.

Abstract: A repair device for fixing a malfunctioning shunt across a failed filament in a light bulb in a group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs includes a high-voltage pulse generator producing one or more pulses of a magnitude greater than the standard AC power line voltage. A connector receives the pulses from the pulse generator and supplies them to the group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs. The pulse generator may be a piezoelectric pulse generator, a battery-powered electronic pulse generator, and/or an AC-powered electrical pulse generator.

Abstract: A circuit for measuring anode current in an X-ray tube having an anode and a heater electrode both operable at high voltage, includes a heater transformer generating current pulses with a timewise constant first pulse repetition frequency and an adjustable duty cycle, a first frequency separator connected in series with the heater transformer for receiving the output thereof, a high voltage-proof transformer having a primary winding connected in series with the first frequency separator, and separate first and second secondary windings, the first secondary winding being connected to the heater for supplying heater current for the X-ray tube, an anode circuit connected to the anode of the X-ray tube including a current/duty cycle converter generating a current with a constant second pulse repetition frequency different from the first pulse repetition frequency, the first secondary winding being connected to the current/duty cycle converter for supplying voltage from the high voltage-proof transformer, a second

Abstract: A mode detector for microwave oven magnetrons is disclosed including means for sensing interruption of anode current and providing a discrete indication thereof. An alternative embodiment discloses means to count the number of such interruptions. A method of detecting incipient failure of the magnetron is disclosed wherein the discrete output of a mode detector is observed and a determination is made that an incipient failure exists when the mode detector output frequency exceeds a predetermined limit.