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Posted on January 23, 2023 at 18:14:34
deafbykhorns
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Got schematics but trying to figure out power supply voltages.
Most of it I can figure out except for bias, cathode resistors are 310 ohms and bias at the top of cathode resistor should be 18-20v. I might just hook up a variac and play with it but I need B+ for 300B load.
All the power transformers are blown.
With the bias voltage of 18v, I'm calculating about -60v at the grid with a 420v plate voltage. I'm guessing the plate voltage as well. With the plate voltage of 450v, I figured about -67v at the grid.
So looking at the bias supply in my second post, does 50vac sound like a good start?
The relay circuit uses a 555 timer so this is probably a 12vdc supply with about 9-10vac at the bridge.
The 300B supply should be around 5vac since it does have a large 1 ohm variable dropper resistor. I can play around with this on the variac as well as the relay circuit.




 

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RE: Mastersound update, posted on January 23, 2023 at 18:16:55
deafbykhorns
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RE: Mastersound update, posted on January 24, 2023 at 20:47:43
Ian L
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What about figuring out the turns ratio on the output transformers and using the Western Electric chart to juggle the knowns?

 

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