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Old 29th Apr 2014, 8:49 am   #16
Chindit
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Default Re: H.T. 120 volts; L.T. 2 volts (accumulator) batteries?

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Originally Posted by merlinmaxwell View Post
One per valve so if one goes O/C the rest don't get an increase in voltage.
Yes that's right. They were arranged to drop the 3 volts to around 2.2 or 2.3 volts in the Wireless Set 46 - the idea being that a bit of over running could be tolerated initially as the LT would soon drop to around the 2 volt mark anyway. On MCW receive the LT consumption was 850Ma - rather a lot for a dry battery to provide!
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