[Amps] Hallicrafters HT-41

[Fuqua, Bill L]

  I did not say there would be a problem replacing the mercury rectifiers with solid state ones.
In fact there would never be a need for a "step start" when using replacement solid state rectifiers because the filter
would have an input choke. Mercury rectifiers can't handle high peak currents like solid state ones. So you will find that
all the transmitters that use them have an input choke. No need to remove the filament transformer, just as long as the
ss rectifier is connected to one side of the secondary. In that  way you can keep the transmitter or amplifier in its original 
state not decreasing its value. 
  If you were replacing a 5U4 you could have substantially higher output voltage, this is not much a problem in transmitters
but is in receivers. You will have to add a few hundred Ohms in series to compensate for the expected forward drop in the
vacuum rectifier.
73
Bill wa4lav
 
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Subject: [Amps] Hallicrafters HT-41

Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 06:38:48 +0000
From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
To: James Branch <jamesbrookesbranch at gmail.com>, "amps at contesting.com"
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Subject: Re: [Amps] Hallicrafters HT-41

   There is very little difference between the forward drop of mercury rectifiers and solid state ones. On the order of a few volts at best.
A mercury rectifier forward drop would be about 15 volts that is a string of a little more than 20 silicon rectifiers. If the ss rectifiers replaced vacuum rectifiers then there would be an issue.
73
Bill wa4lav

##  why would there be an issue using SS rectifiers to replace a 866 , 816 or even a 5u4g ??   There is no issue, its been done for decades now.  Just use the correct number of diodes
in series, that’s it.   Flip side to all this is.... the oem fil xfmr for the 866 would have to be tossed.   In the oem FWCT, the B+  comes off of the CT of the fil xfmr.   Depending on
how much uf used in the B+  supply, you might want to add step start, etc.

Jim   VE7RF

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