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Posted on January 5, 2021 at 03:15:54
sconnelly16
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Hi All,
I kind of leaped without looking, and picked up some Hammond organ Jensen F12 field coil drivers... Thinking I could go get a power supply, hook them up and go... well after researching these things, they are the 250R & 5000R versions. I figured out scouring the net that I can run the 250R easily with a SS commercial power supply, the 5000R is the problem for me. I have found a couple people who tell me that a DC tube power supply is pretty simple to build. I am just not one of those kinda people.
Is anybody capable and willing of doing this or know of someone who would build a couple for me? They would need to be a variable unit with max 450v.

Many Thanks for your responses,
Steve

 

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RE: Help me out..., posted on January 5, 2021 at 06:56:03
Eli Duttman
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This transforner should comfortably form the foundation on which a PSU for your field coil drivers would be built. You need 2 transformers for 2 PSUs. 4X UF5408 diodes/PSU take care of bridge rectifying the AC.

BTW, it was common practice to incorporate the field coil in the tube amp's PSU filter. AlNiCo is a post WW2 introduction. Prior to that, electromagnets were the only way get high flux densities. Perhaps you should use the field coil drivers in the 1930s way.


edit: fixed typo diode type


Eli D.

 

I answered the same post in High Efficiency forum NT, posted on January 6, 2021 at 06:47:09
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RE: Help me out..., posted on January 6, 2021 at 12:26:39
sconnelly16
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Thank you!

 

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