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Old 11th Jan 2010, 10:27 pm   #56
Ed_Dinning
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Default Re: Homebrew Valve Tester

Hi Gents, let's have a good discussion on this one.
I had thought of a seperate heater transformer for those who wanted a full compliment of taps.
It would also be possible at say, a 20% cost increment to have a higher current rating that was continous for soak tests. These could also be done at reduced anode voltage if the GB were also reduced (as we only need to get the valve hot, so a lower voltage tap would work).
Initial thoughts were to use an unshrouded transformer with mounting decided by the purchaser, but I know many of you take pride in the appearance of their equipment so I will see if shrouds for upright or drop through mounting are available. (not available for many lam sizes these days).

Keep the ideas coming.

Ed
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