02-15-2014, 12:38 PM
My 42-255 with 8 tubes pulled about 500 mA at 123 VAC. I used 15 ohms to drop it to 115 VAC.
With 9 tubes and 122 VAC, 10 ohms might be about right for the 41-285.
I put the resistor in the hot side of the line between the fuse and the switch. In the schematic the switch is after the line filters capacitors. I moved the switch to before the line filters. So the hot side of the line now goes first to fuse, then resistor, then switch, then line cap, then transformer.
With 9 tubes and 122 VAC, 10 ohms might be about right for the 41-285.
I put the resistor in the hot side of the line between the fuse and the switch. In the schematic the switch is after the line filters capacitors. I moved the switch to before the line filters. So the hot side of the line now goes first to fuse, then resistor, then switch, then line cap, then transformer.
John Honeycutt
