Just need to make sure.

dstockwell · 22nd December 2005, 06:50 PM

OK I am way new to tubes so I just want to make sure I am not wrong. Looking at the schematic for pins 1, 2, 5, & 6, and comparing them to the pic of the socket, is not 1 & 2 numbered wrong, and need to swapped, 1 on the bottom, 2 to the left, or am I completely confused.

dhaen · 22nd December 2005, 07:00 PM

I don't see any problem..

dstockwell · 22nd December 2005, 07:26 PM

Is not 1 & 2 numbered wrong on the schematic in relation to the pin layout pic.

dhaen · 22nd December 2005, 07:45 PM

The schematic is just a representation and can be drawn as the draughts-person desires, as long as pin1 is the control grid, and pin 2 is the cathode, that's all that matters. It could even be drawn mirror-image.
The socket or base layout is a physical thing, so has to relate to the pysical nature of the object, that can't be drawn any differently.

Have a look at the 6aq6 datasheet on this page for comparison. You will se that the schematic symbol is drawn quite differently (which is allowed), but the socket/base is the same.

dstockwell · 22nd December 2005, 09:29 PM

I understand now after seeing the pinout.

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22nd December 2005, 07:00 PM	#2
dhaen diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.K.	I don't see any problem..

22nd December 2005, 07:26 PM	#3
dstockwell diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Georgia	Is not 1 & 2 numbered wrong on the schematic in relation to the pin layout pic.

22nd December 2005, 07:45 PM	#4
dhaen diyAudio Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.K.	The schematic is just a representation and can be drawn as the draughts-person desires, as long as pin1 is the control grid, and pin 2 is the cathode, that's all that matters. It could even be drawn mirror-image. The socket or base layout is a physical thing, so has to relate to the pysical nature of the object, that can't be drawn any differently. Have a look at the 6aq6 datasheet on this page for comparison. You will se that the schematic symbol is drawn quite differently (which is allowed), but the socket/base is the same.

22nd December 2005, 09:29 PM	#5
dstockwell diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Georgia	I understand now after seeing the pinout.

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