11-18-2011, 10:24 PM
Congrats,
I hope as someone here said, you just boiled some wax and did not fry the enamel on the wires. It takes one single turn out of many thousands to short and this is it.
So far looks good, but keep an eye on it.
For the future:
Personally, I, when turning on the device the first time, did this:
1) I plugged a huge 30W or 40W 700 Ohms (or close ) resistor IN SERIES with the 110V plug, and only then plugged it into the 110V outlet.
Then I connected my meter set on VOLTS to the output (any, as long as you know approximately the Voltage reading that it should produce) and turned the switch ON, being ready to turn it OFF immediately if needed.
I was looking at the Plate voltage winding and so the expected reading was in at least couple of hundred volts.
Also, I took out ALL tubes, in case there is a problem with them.
Once seeing the plausible voltage, I then removed the resistor and plugged the receiver directly into the 110V.
Then, and only then I started putting in tubes.
PS. It is possible to use a table lamp with the incandescent bulb (ONLY incandescent), or just a light bulb with the socket in series instead of that resistor.
2) NEVER EVER measure your OHMS in powered-up device. You stand to burn your Ohm-meter, and as the best outcome, your Ohms will not be correct.
Ohmmeter relies on producing a current in the measured circuit by applying its own voltage, and the measuring the V/I=R. If the circuit is powered, it measure God knows what current, induced by God knows what voltage, and at the same time possibly being subjected to voltages much higher than it can take and stay un-destroyed.
I hope as someone here said, you just boiled some wax and did not fry the enamel on the wires. It takes one single turn out of many thousands to short and this is it.
So far looks good, but keep an eye on it.
For the future:
Personally, I, when turning on the device the first time, did this:
1) I plugged a huge 30W or 40W 700 Ohms (or close ) resistor IN SERIES with the 110V plug, and only then plugged it into the 110V outlet.
Then I connected my meter set on VOLTS to the output (any, as long as you know approximately the Voltage reading that it should produce) and turned the switch ON, being ready to turn it OFF immediately if needed.
I was looking at the Plate voltage winding and so the expected reading was in at least couple of hundred volts.
Also, I took out ALL tubes, in case there is a problem with them.
Once seeing the plausible voltage, I then removed the resistor and plugged the receiver directly into the 110V.
Then, and only then I started putting in tubes.
PS. It is possible to use a table lamp with the incandescent bulb (ONLY incandescent), or just a light bulb with the socket in series instead of that resistor.
2) NEVER EVER measure your OHMS in powered-up device. You stand to burn your Ohm-meter, and as the best outcome, your Ohms will not be correct.
Ohmmeter relies on producing a current in the measured circuit by applying its own voltage, and the measuring the V/I=R. If the circuit is powered, it measure God knows what current, induced by God knows what voltage, and at the same time possibly being subjected to voltages much higher than it can take and stay un-destroyed.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.