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Old 5th May 2017, 2:47 am   #1417
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Default Re: The "Sussex" Homebrew Valve Tester.

With a directly heated valve you have to run the heaters from DC. Use an external DC power supply giving 4V at 1 Amp. You must use the jumper of course between ext-heater -ve terminal and the cathode.
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