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Old 11th Apr 2019, 12:41 pm   #13
kalee20
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Default Re: DC filament / capacitor

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Originally Posted by Levente View Post
...thanks guys...in the meantime reading through the modification suggestion, found out where the 4700uf DC filter cap was recommended to go together with a diode...

not sure why or what this will do...i am getting way confused on that

attached it....point number 10.
This worries me, first, no indication of which way round to connect the diode and which way round to connect the (polarised) capacitor, the chance is 50:50 that wit will work or blow up; secondly the heaters are pins 3 and 4 of the 6AL5 not 4 and 5, with neither heater pin at chassis potential it is unlikely that pin 5 (a cathode) is commoned with a heater; and last, the heater will be a bit over-run, as others have already pointed out!
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