[TenTec] Modifyiing the Centaur...

[Lane Zeitler]

>>I would like to hear of your modifications. I thought of a fan with less 
>>CFM
>mounted in the place of the original fan.  But I wonder if that last tube 
>in
>the row would get sufficient cooling? These tubes are no longer easy to
>procure, and I don't want to shorten their life too much. .


Which is why it comes in handy so have some spare 572Bs. They use the same 
filament E and I. Added to that they have significantly higher plate 
dissipation and you have a nice safety margin. The will fit since they use 
the same socket are actually slightly smaller in diameter and no tallter. 
You will not gain anything in output increase but if you drop in 572s they 
will probably last a life time at that lower Ep.

If the fan is 120vac then try the Radio Shack muffin fan. I do not know if 
it will fit but a friend of mine replaced the loud fan in his Cliperton L 
with the Wacky Shack fan and loves it, so quiet you can not tell it is even 
on but yet moves a LOT of air.

God Bless America.

Lane
Ku7i
>
>I cannot use an external fan mounted on top because of my equipment
>arrangement.
>
>Thanks to all....
>
>73 de Jim, K5ROV...
>
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