grid leak

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.

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Etymology

Origin of grid leak

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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 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)

Shunt 1/2 to 2 megohm grid leak resistance around the fixed condenser and then connect the second post of the variable condenser to one terminal of the detector tube filament.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)

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 vacuum tube amplifier and the grid leak are the only new pieces of apparatus you need and not described before.

From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)