managed to work it out thanks.
12VDC relay was supposed to be in fact a 6VDC. When one pole was 13.8VDC the other was 7.4VDC. with a diode across the coil cathode end at the 13.VDC terminal, leaving a 6.4VDC difference to power a 6 VDC coil. workaround for the 12VDC relay is to send an earth the 7.4VDC pole and disengage the 7.4 supply by removing a resistor.
One day I will replace the relay with a 6VDC and remove the makeshift earth.
Reason why I was getting low voltages to the op-amps was that the 15AC powerpac it came with had no earth.
Solution: install a 12-0-12 transformer and the other circuits become active!! 12/13 VDC to each of pins 1 and 8 on every opamp
🙂 all good!!
Many thanks for taking me back to basics
cheers
Andrew
12VDC relay was supposed to be in fact a 6VDC. When one pole was 13.8VDC the other was 7.4VDC. with a diode across the coil cathode end at the 13.VDC terminal, leaving a 6.4VDC difference to power a 6 VDC coil. workaround for the 12VDC relay is to send an earth the 7.4VDC pole and disengage the 7.4 supply by removing a resistor.
One day I will replace the relay with a 6VDC and remove the makeshift earth.
Reason why I was getting low voltages to the op-amps was that the 15AC powerpac it came with had no earth.
Solution: install a 12-0-12 transformer and the other circuits become active!! 12/13 VDC to each of pins 1 and 8 on every opamp
🙂 all good!!
Many thanks for taking me back to basics
cheers
Andrew
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