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Old 9th Jan 2020, 12:15 pm   #28
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Default Re: Pye CB01X4T (P131MBQ) portable radio

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Originally Posted by julie_m View Post
Surely the cathodes (pointy ends!) of the metal rectifier are connected together, and to the reservoir capacitor positive? The two ends of the power transformer secondary go to the anodes, and the centre tap goes to chassis.
In the manufactures schematic the cathodes are fed from the transformer and the anodes are both connected to chassis, the transformer centre tap is HT +ve.

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