The bias side is the lower side in the drawing, the side closest to the ground as it appears on the screen. Why would you assume it is the top?
Low pass, not high pass. Make sure that the time constant on the B+ is significantly longer than the bias supply decoupling cap otherwise you will run without bias during some portion of warm up which is never a good thing.
If you are using a 5AR4 or other indirect heated rectifier for B+ you should be fine.
Film cap is fine.
If you are using a 5AR4 or other indirect heated rectifier for B+ you should be fine.
Film cap is fine.
hello !, seen your blog with schade fb
i´d like to implement on a bit dusty pair 4-125a´s; some recommedations?
Kevin, I have an NTC thermistor on the B+ It takes about twenty seconds before the B+ comes up. I have a 4.7uf 250 volt Dayton crossover cap I was thinking of using that.
By time constant is that the time it takes for the cap to charge?
hpeter, that Schade fb push pull amp is on hold till I get this damn AD1 thing done. When I finish that one I'll contact you.
By time constant is that the time it takes for the cap to charge?
hpeter, that Schade fb push pull amp is on hold till I get this damn AD1 thing done. When I finish that one I'll contact you.
yes, in order to put the lower end of the choke at AC ground....
in any amp, especially tube amps, there are lots of AC grounds....
http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/rc/rc_1.html
hello !, seen your blog with schade fb
i´d like to implement on a bit dusty pair 4-125a´s; some recommedations?
I recommend you do it.
That would be an awesome amp. If you do it with a p-channel fet like I did, you have to be a bit careful how you choose the DC conditions, since it is hard to find p-channel parts with high voltage ratings, and you might need an n-channel fet inside the loop to drive the grid if you want to go in the positive grid region.If you start a thread on it, I'll show up. (If I don't, PM me and bring it to my attention.)
Hey All, on this bypass cap what kind of voltage is it likely to see? Would it see the output voltage of the 6SN7?
Also, I thought a non-polarized film cap might be in order because it will see negative bias supply voltage and positive ac voltage from the preamp tube's signal. And also the grid current I'm trying to bleed off will be positive won't it?
Also, I thought a non-polarized film cap might be in order because it will see negative bias supply voltage and positive ac voltage from the preamp tube's signal. And also the grid current I'm trying to bleed off will be positive won't it?
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Just the negative bias voltage.... The AC swing at that end of the choke will be insignificant due to the reactance of the choke as compared to the reactance of that capacitor. I have not thought out the grid current issue, but if there is significant grid current in the AD1 then you need either an interstage transformer and a much beefier driver tube or tubelab's power drive circuit.
Have you verified that the driver stage can linearly swing the required drive voltage without the AD1s in their sockets? (I think with some margin you need about 90Vpk)
Have you verified that the driver stage can linearly swing the required drive voltage without the AD1s in their sockets? (I think with some margin you need about 90Vpk)
I have done similar things, the choke's inductive reactance appears in parallel with the source impedance of the driver stage, in most cases I have been able to achieve a flat response over a 20Hz - 20kHz at better than 1dB. This is a good solution where the cost of a good IT is prohibitive but a low dcr is required in the grid circuit. I rarely use this approach, but I have often used a choke load in the driver stage.
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