[Amps] Getting Filament Voltage on an AL-82

[Steve Thompson]

Bill Turner wrote:
> I would install a pair of banana jacks on the back panel and run small
> gauge wires to the filaments.  Bypass both jacks to ground and put a
> bifilar RF choke in series with the wires.  That way you have easy
> access to measure the filament voltage any time you like.
Put a 1k resistors (even 10k) between the filament pins and the jacks (I
prefer f/t caps), and you don't have to worry about slipping and shorting
anything. With a DVM the resistors won't affect the reading.

Steve