[Amps] Line voltage high.

[Steve Wright]

On 11/12/16 06:00, "Ken Durand" <N4zed at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi group, I checked the filament voltage on my FL2100b and it is at 7.2
> volts or there about. So I then checked the line voltage going to the amp
> and it is 257 vac, the amp was built for 220v. The HV is at 2500v. What
> would be the best way of reducing the filament voltage down to 6.3 volts?
> The HV is still within the tube voltage ratings. I don't have a 240 v
> variac.

I'd be temped to use some sort of resistor.  The load doesn't vary at all.

Even just a piece of smaller diameter wire coiled up and tucked in there 
should do it.


Steve