Layout thoughts hmm....

gasser-dude · 16th January 2010, 10:12 PM

So with these different layouts does a person have to worry about hum and what not from the rectifier tube much?? Just playing around with some different layout ideas and thought I would share.

#1

#2

My first simple se running some 6l6gc, that needs some finishing yet on the chassis.

HollowState · 17th January 2010, 01:34 AM

In my opinion either of your proposed layouts will provide excellent results assuming below deck wiring is done with the usual proper care. Which of the two you use is strictly a matter of what pleases you aesthetically.

Sch3mat1c · 17th January 2010, 05:43 AM

Put the power transformer on the opposite end of the OPTs. If you're going to make it rectangular, this will do an excellent job of spreading things out. In terms of distance, #2 is basically the worst possible layout.

At the very least, swap position of PT and rectifier in the first, so the PT can be slightly farther away from the OPTs. No, it doesn't look good, but you asked for best, not prettiest.

Tim

17th January 2010, 05:43 AM	#3
Sch3mat1c diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI	Put the power transformer on the opposite end of the OPTs. If you're going to make it rectangular, this will do an excellent job of spreading things out. In terms of distance, #2 is basically the worst possible layout. At the very least, swap position of PT and rectifier in the first, so the PT can be slightly farther away from the OPTs. No, it doesn't look good, but you asked for best, not prettiest. Tim __________________ See my Electronics webpage -- the home of Vacuum Tube Drag Racing. The key to being a successful Audiophile: "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"

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16th January 2010, 10:12 PM	#1
gasser-dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009	Layout thoughts hmm.... So with these different layouts does a person have to worry about hum and what not from the rectifier tube much?? Just playing around with some different layout ideas and thought I would share. #1 #2 My first simple se running some 6l6gc, that needs some finishing yet on the chassis.

17th January 2010, 01:34 AM	#2
HollowState diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taxland, New Jersey	In my opinion either of your proposed layouts will provide excellent results assuming below deck wiring is done with the usual proper care. Which of the two you use is strictly a matter of what pleases you aesthetically. __________________ "The supercomputer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." ~ Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University

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