[AMPS] 8877 Filament Adjustments

[Phil Clements]

At 08:13 PM 4/14/97 -0400, you wrote:

>anyone know the current draw of the tube at 5.0V?  I want to use a
>resistor in series with the filiment to get the voltage right ... or
>should I put it in the transformer primary?
>
I put my resistors in the primary..this serves as a soft-start also, limiting
the initial surge current on the filament of the 8877. I had to use a resistor
in the secondary of my Alpha 77SS because it doesn't have a seperate filament
transformer. The 8877 draws 10 amps @ 5v.

(((73)))
Phil, K5PC

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