Re: [AMRadio] Re: 450T amp

2007-06-12 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
D. Chester wrote: I wouldn't run the tube filament at half voltage. That will shorten the tube life just as much as too much voltage. it was just for a test, to see if the circuit was working. It probably wasn't on more than 15 mins. _

[AMRadio] Re: 450T amp

2007-06-12 Thread D. Chester
I wouldn't run the tube filament at half voltage. That will shorten the tube life just as much as too much voltage. The 6C21 is rated at some oddball filament voltage like 8.2 volts. But that's for radar pulse modulator service. The tube is very similar to a 450TH or TL, but the filament vo