1st Jul 2020, 1:36 am
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Triode
Join Date: May 2020
Location: Caernarfon, Wales, UK.
Posts: 46
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Re: Y63 "Magic Eye"
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Originally Posted by ValvoStef
I had this in my KB set, I thought the magic eye was gone, replaced it (a mere 10 quid on ebay) still the same. I checked the power supply and the anode voltage was down to 50V. To my surprise, the radio was working OK, apart from the magic eye. It turned out that the rectifier valve was duff, once replaced, the magic eye was working again. Worth checking this first, I nearly threw away a good Y63.
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Finally got round to it. On the Y63 I put a voltmeter over the anode (pin 3) to chassis and got 42V. So I will try the same.
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