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A simple shunt regulator

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I was wondering if it made sense and it was profitable to insert a shunt regulator into the screen circuit...
 

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There are three methods that lead to three different reactions in the event of a voltage surge ... VR tube would leave the voltage constant on the screen and not on the plate, the resistance would lead to a constant ratio between screen and plate, the shunt instead would be a middle ground. I would like to understand if it is worthwhile to shunt to the ground what is superfluous, complicating the circuit, or if it is not productive.
 
There is also an error in the schematic, anode of the SSRP? is coupled into the output tube.


If you just need regulated screens, you can order some boards from my design.
 

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There are three methods that lead to three different reactions in the event of a voltage surge ... VR tube would leave the voltage constant on the screen and not on the plate, the resistance would lead to a constant ratio between screen and plate, the shunt instead would be a middle ground. I would like to understand if it is worthwhile to shunt to the ground what is superfluous, complicating the circuit, or if it is not productive.

Perhaps VR tube would have higher noise than a regulator.

fyi - Shindo used a simple FET based cap multiplier on screens. If you’re not adverse to using a FET, this would be simplest and possibly the best approach.
 
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