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    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

Silly transformer question

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Thanks! I was pretty sure it meant plate-to-plate. Interestingly, I stumped one of the electrical engineers where I worked when I wondered if one leg of this 8000 ohm transformer would look like 2000 ohms or 4000 ohms, but when I did the math it would be 2000 ohms as John pointed out. Glad I remember something about transformers from school.
 
Thanks! I was pretty sure it meant plate-to-plate. Interestingly, I stumped one of the electrical engineers where I worked when I wondered if one leg of this 8000 ohm transformer would look like 2000 ohms or 4000 ohms, but when I did the math it would be 2000 ohms as John pointed out. Glad I remember something about transformers from school.

Depends on the conduction angle.
Class A: 4000 Ohms
Class B: 2000 Ohms
 
Sorry for being away from this thread. N4BBQ's link describes the technique better than I could! One thing I might add is that the choice of RL may have to be an educated guess. For example, if you have a mystery output transformer that has two secondary taps, you have to decide whether they are 4 and 8 ohms or 8 and 16 ohms. Vintage amps often had only 8 and 16, whereas modern tube amps more often opt for 4 and 8. If there are three taps, it is almost always 4, 8, and 16.

- John
 
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