Re: Two Ampliphone HV problem questions

From: Andre Huijts <a.huijts_at_upcmail.nl>
Date: Sun Feb 16 2014 - 15:21:51 EST

I think Mark from Cinelabs once explained why the heater voltage can't be really measured correctly with a DVM but I forgot the reasoning why.

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> Op 16 feb. 2014 om 08:12 heeft pj pj <pj1@shaw.ca> het volgende geschreven:
>
> The Cinelabs transformer uses the (white) wire wrapped a few times around the ferrite as the winding for the filament voltage.
>
> One side goes to the HV board directly, the other via a resistor in series. Start tracing from the socket to back to that winding.
>
> The tube if I remember correctly needs 6.3V for the filament, so it sounds like something is running open circuit.
>
> Hope this helps.
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