[AMPS] Re: 31LQ6 warmup

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Hi Alek, 
Marv is right, my spec sheet for that tube (RCA Brand) states the warmup
as 11 seconds min.  Typical 
of sweep tubes.  Be sure to go over to my  http://sonic.ucdavis.edu 
server and down load my Dentron 
Cathode current cutoff mod for the Dentron.  Save your tubes.   There are
two Dentron Download available 
on the site, one is a copy of an old Ham Radio Mag article, the second is
my work up with the circuit 
diagram. 
cheers
skipp

> On Mon, 01 May 2000 17:54:45 +0800 Alek Petkovic
<vk6apk@eon.net.au>writes:
>G'day from "Down Under.
>I've just ordered 2 sets of 4 x 31LQ6 tubes for my little Dentron
GLA-1000 
>amp. These will replace the tired 6LQ6 tubes presently in the unit.
>The tube swap will of course necessitate an extra transformer to run the
>heaters of the new tubes.
>
>Does anybody on the reflector have an idea of the current drawn by the 
>heaters in these tubes?
>... so I figure on around 2A total for the four tubes in parallel. 
>I have a transformer rated at 100VA which I hope will do the job with a 
>generous safety margin. 
>Am I correct in the above assumption?

:Hi Alek,
:Yes, that's the way it works -- should be right around 500 mA per
:tube.  The 31's also have a "controlled" warm-up time which was a
:requirement for their original application in series filament string
:style TV's.
:73, Marv  WC6W  310 649 3111














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