06-11-2018, 03:27 PM
Hi Scott,
>I guess just because it lights up does not mean its good or working ,,, correct?
It means that the heater (the part that lights up) is good but you may have it in the wrong socket. A lot of octal tubes share the same heater pins (#2 and7).
As drawn your schematic is wrong. It will only work if it has 25L6's in it NOT 50L6's Or as Tom sez parallel the two 50L6 heaters like this:
>I guess just because it lights up does not mean its good or working ,,, correct?
It means that the heater (the part that lights up) is good but you may have it in the wrong socket. A lot of octal tubes share the same heater pins (#2 and7).
As drawn your schematic is wrong. It will only work if it has 25L6's in it NOT 50L6's Or as Tom sez parallel the two 50L6 heaters like this:
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
