Combined Choke & Output Transformer
I have come across an old guitar single-ended amp where the output transformer primary has a tap fed from the cathode of the rectifier valve. One end of the secondary then goes to the HT line as normal, the other to the anode of the output valve. Has anyone ever seen this type of combination choke/transformer before?
Since the transformer has failed a replacement is needed but I have never seen anything like it before or for that matter for sale. Any ideas? |
Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
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If it's the same arrangement I'm thinking of, many radio receivers use that type of transformer, the attachment shown below explains that particular type.
Lawrence. |
Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
Hi , a fairly common hum reduction technique used in quite a few AC/DC sets.
The "choke" part of the winding is only about 5% of the total turns. These units can easily be rewound. Ed |
Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
Very common in later radios. Almost every other 50's set seemed to use this method to reduce hum.
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Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
Thank you all, it's exactly per MS660 described
Had no idea that it was that "common" a technique The Amp in question dates from the mid-late 50's which explains why it was done this way & I suppose that suitable transformers were readily available at that time I wonder if any still are? |
Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
Hi, it is actually a bog standard transformer that has a few extra turns on it and an additional leadout. A full description of how it works is in Langford- Smith's Radio Designers Handbook.
Ed |
Re: Combined Choke & Output Transformer
The extra winding does not work much like a choke. It is essentially a hum-canceller, a bit like the extra winding sometimes found on guitar pickups.
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Of course, if you make this resistance ZERO it won't work anyway, because the reservoir and smoothing capacitors are then effectively across the winding, so would shunt away all your audio! |
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