Try again, only this time wait to push "send".
Unfortunately an ohmmeter test on the leads of a xfmr will not show a
turn to turn short in the same winding. The real way to test is send
AC, ie audio, into the iron at a modest power level and look at the
waveform coming out. Distorted waveform is the result of the shorted
turn. In power xfmrs the short causes gross overheating and depending
on the size of the xfmr some spectacular fireworks.
6L6 or 1614: For all practical purposes they are the same at the
voltages and power levels in the Ranger. The 6L6 long term might be a
bit stressed and not give as long a life.
73, Larry K2LT
Jack Schmidling wrote:
Gary Schafer wrote:
It's beginning to sound like a partially shorted mod transformer.
I checked the resistances of the transformer earlier in the game and
they are nominal.
>With 20 volts signal on the grids of the mod tubes I would think
that >you should see at least 200 volts on the plates??
I have no idea but if mine is off by a factor of 4, would it work at all?
Could be bad 6L6's.
Or back to a reason for using 1614's perhaps?
Can you easily get high modulator plate current with audio applied?
Will the
mod plate meter peg or nearly so if you hit it hard?
Yes.
If it will that is an
indication that the tubes are good and the transformer may be shorted.
Except that the transformer appears to be ok.
To refresh.. we are talking about a max of about 75% modulation on
peaks but no problem over modulating at the base line.
js
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