09-06-2023, 09:36 AM
The thing I'm interested in is on something like the high tube count table top sets and the current consumption thru the 80. Like the 16B or 116B RCA sez the max current output is 125ma. I'm thinking these sets gotta be pushing the 80 close to it's limits. It must be putting a beatdown on the 80 and I'm a little surprised that Philco didn't opt to use the 5Z3 in the table top sets. It's good for 250 ma but had a 3a filament vs a 2a in the 80. Not just the 16's but the ones that use the super class A output stage.
I've got a 16B up on it side on the bench. I should hook a meter to it and see what the current is. I've been fooling with car stuff lately.
I've got a 16B up on it side on the bench. I should hook a meter to it and see what the current is. I've been fooling with car stuff lately.
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 it!
Terry
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