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Bright orange screen grid
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kruc Wrote:Codefox, I'm keeping the same capacitance the sets were designed for, I just wondered if my 400v caps that were at their upper voltage limit. I don't have an issue with the slightly higher price of the 630volt caps, I just happened to get some 400v units at the time. I'm trying to stay away from electrolytics whenever possible when I rebuild a unit, that's why I'm using plastic caps whenever possible. FWIW, I found 600v plastic caps at AES. B+ shouldn't be an issue after replacing the filter with the same capacitance.
Music, my 20 lists a primary of 105-125volts. However at 125 the secondaries will put out a higher voltage than the tube filaments and plates were designed for. Recent threads on ARF discussed using a bucking transformer or a resistor in series with the primary. The obvious issues are finding space for a transformer or adequate area for heatsinking a wirewound resistor. I have a Japanese superhet with a 100v primary I run off a variac as I haven't gotten around to reducing the input voltage permanently.
Dave
I don't know, but the Variac just struck me as a sure bet for protection, and though I know very little about how to use test gear, it does look impressive and makes me at least "feel" like a certified electronic tech! 8)

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Messages In This Thread
Bright orange screen grid - by Steve Davis - 07-23-2009, 10:48 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-24-2009, 12:15 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Arran - 07-24-2009, 05:54 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Ron Ramirez - 07-24-2009, 08:13 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Arran - 07-24-2009, 05:46 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Ron Ramirez - 07-24-2009, 05:58 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Steve Davis - 07-24-2009, 06:47 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-25-2009, 04:39 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Ron Ramirez - 07-25-2009, 09:35 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-26-2009, 03:53 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by codefox1 - 07-26-2009, 11:57 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-26-2009, 01:07 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Ron Ramirez - 07-27-2009, 09:01 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Music in a bottle - 07-27-2009, 12:08 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-28-2009, 02:56 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Alan Douglas - 07-28-2009, 11:32 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Arran - 07-28-2009, 05:18 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-29-2009, 04:57 AM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by Arran - 07-29-2009, 07:11 PM
Re: Bright orange screen grid - by kruc - 07-30-2009, 01:29 AM



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