On Sunday, January 26, 2014 10:45:46 AM UTC-6, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
Remember - you've only got 117V to ground from either
leg of your clothes dryer.

The same thing can be said about a 1000 watt RF amp driving a balanced load and the voltage delivered by that amp to a 50 ohm load is lower than the voltage going to my clothes dryer which I just measured at 250 volts.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com