Re: [AMRadio] Ranger stuff

2006-10-24 Thread Jack Schmidling
Brian Carling wrote: Jack the ONLY thing from a Ranger power transformer that should go to the function switch, is the PRIMARY wiring, which should be BLACK wires. Turns out, it's not the switch but pins 1 and 5 of the 6AL5 in the keyer control. Red is for the high voltage secondary. It v

Re: [AMRadio] Ranger stuff

2006-10-24 Thread Brian Carling
> Brian Carling wrote: > > Jack - the typical, normal HV winding of a plate > > transformer consists of this: > > > > RED/YELLOW = center tap. > > Problem is, this apparently isn't normal. > > The red leads go up to the function switch. Jack the ONLY thing from a Ranger power transformer that

Re: [AMRadio] Ranger stuff

2006-10-24 Thread Jack Schmidling
Brian Carling wrote: Jack - the typical, normal HV winding of a plate transformer consists of this: RED/YELLOW = center tap. Problem is, this apparently isn't normal. The red leads go up to the function switch. js -- PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm Astronomy, Beer, Cheese

Re: [AMRadio] Ranger stuff

2006-10-24 Thread Brian Carling
Jack - the typical, normal HV winding of a plate transformer consists of this: RED/YELLOW = center tap. RED X 2 = HV AC to rectifier plates. Better check the schematic of the Ranger, but I am 99% sure that is going to be where they should go. Bry > Now I have a mystery. I am pulling out th

[AMRadio] Ranger stuff

2006-10-23 Thread Jack Schmidling
Now I have a mystery. I am pulling out the solid state mod in the power supply and putting tubes back in. The mystery is that there are 13 wires coming out of the power xformer and only 11 according to the manual. After removing all the junk, all the voltages are correct. The problem is