If Rod's board is working correctly you should have about 1.5v between the two filament pins of the 26. You should then have around 11volts or whatever across the cathode resistor. You should check that these voltages are correct BEFORE you fire up the B+. Check all the wiring: Rod's board output has - to ground and + to one side of the 26 filament. The other side of the filament is connected to ground via the cathode resistor, and this should have about 11v on the top of it.
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Rod's filaments are working OK in both tubes.
How many volts exactly do you have between each filament pin and trafo center tap/ground?
Rod's filament are floating.
filament trafo shall float, not the filaments themselves. if it all floats, you dont connect to ground and no current can pass the tube
Filament trafo haven't center tap. I use one separate for each tube filament.
I ment B+ trafo
So you have the + and - of the filament regulator across the filament of the #26? In other words, you do not have it across the filament AND the cathode resistors?
+ reg goes direct to filament, - reg goes to 10R and continues to filament
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I ment B+ trafo
I have two 125VAC to get 250VAC, so between each trafo is the center tap for B+?
I have two 125VAC to get 250VAC, so between each trafo is the center tap for B+?
Yes
For filament circuit check your own schema #2597
It must go to ground as in that schema, not float
+ reg goes direct to gilament, - reg goes to 10R and continues to filament
Hi Merlin. I just checket your pictures in post 2593 and it looks as if you do not have a connection from the end of the resistors to ground. As you said: the whole thing is floating.
So, + reg goes to one side of the filament, other side of the filament goes to 10R resistor, other side of the 10R resistor goes to - reg. This - reg should also be connected to ground of the amplifier!
Yes
For filament circuit check your own schema #2597
It must go to ground as in that schema, not float
I haven't grounded the cathode resistors, Rod told me his filaments regs must be connected floating never connected to ground.
You are saying that you are using two 2x125ac transformers? Kindly clarify you setup exactly.
George I don't see any difference using 2 x 125 VAC or 1 x 250VAC, I don't understand what's the difference?
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