Well, here in Raleigh, I've seen it go a good bit more than 5% high at night. Still, I wonder if Bill could just put some higher voltage electrolytics in there, tune for "maximum smoke" and "let 'er rip" - and count on the key-down sag to keep the 6146s safe? ( Maybe I spent too many years around electric utilities) I think that +/- 5% guideline is honored more in the breach than in the observance. In the meter business "480 high-line" was 530 VAC!
73, Charlie.K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 4:59 PM Cc: 'topband' Subject: Re: Topband: DX-100 adventure contiunued > Tom asked about bleeder current. I didn't try to measure it but I watched > the high voltage decay to zero in a very few seconds when I switched it > off with no 6146s in the sockets. Line voltages in the late 1950's were 115, and 117 at the time the DX100 was made. The standard since the 70's is 120/240 at +- 5%. This is old stuff that never actually worked as well as it could have when brand new. Only a small part of the problem is your line voltage. The bigger problem is the HV supply has inadequate choke inductance. Even the 15K bleeders do not load the supply enough to hold voltage down. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
