05-04-2017, 06:32 AM
Hi Henry,
Methinks your in good shape on your power transformer. If you measured the resistances of the heater windings w/the tubes plugged in then that will give you a significantly lower reading as the the tube's heaters are in parallel the winding. The additional 8mfd cap is more or less invisible to the transformer. It's being seen though the resistance of the field coil at the most critical time, startup.
Methinks your in good shape on your power transformer. If you measured the resistances of the heater windings w/the tubes plugged in then that will give you a significantly lower reading as the the tube's heaters are in parallel the winding. The additional 8mfd cap is more or less invisible to the transformer. It's being seen though the resistance of the field coil at the most critical time, startup.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
