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Started by Hemisaurus, April 25, 2011, 11:41:12 PM

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Hemisaurus

600W amp using a single ended design and one output tube ;D




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Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2011, 11:41:12 PM
600W amp using a single ended design and one output tube ;D


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Hemisaurus

Quote from: LogicalFrank on April 26, 2011, 10:18:03 AM
Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2011, 11:41:12 PM
600W amp using a single ended design and one output tube ;D


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Well first you need to get a power transformer capable of delivery a 3000V plate voltage, and a bunch of insulated stand-offs, and I think I figured out something like a 15K primary 600W output transformer. Despite being single ended, I think I'd probably go with a fixed bias for this, so you'd want a tap on the power transformer for that.

Dave Chambers made a 1000W amp with 4 813 tubes, that ran at 2500V plate so all his safety measures would apply here as well.

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Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2011, 11:41:12 PM
600W amp using a single ended design and one output tube ;D




I saw some really big tubes like that in an old Radio Station I used to work at.  I should have snagged one just to put on the shelf and look at.
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Hemisaurus

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Speaking seriously for a second, you could probably run one at a much lower plate voltage and still make it useable. Wonder if it could be run at a plate as low as 300V or so. It's only 12V for the heater. You'd have way, way much headroom.


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^That looks like a fire waiting to happen.

inductorguitars

Quote from: SpaceTrucker on April 26, 2011, 08:02:59 PM
^That looks like a fire waiting to happen.

Nah. I bet it runs real cool. It's only running <1/3 the rated plate voltage.

Hemisaurus

That's actually a different pic, some guy running it SE triode only 680V on the plate.

I guess the two anode caps are so you can chain the plate voltage from one tube to the next, save building complicated leads from the output transformer.

inductorguitars

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 26, 2011, 08:23:47 PM
That's actually a different pic, some guy running it SE triode only 680V on the plate.

I guess the two anode caps are so you can chain the plate voltage from one tube to the next, save building complicated leads from the output transformer.

Ah.  Those are old radio toobs. They'd string the anode leads cuz there were a boat load of them to reach broadcast wattages.


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Can you imagine cranking some High On Fire through this :o :o


mawso

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2011, 11:41:12 PM
600W amp using a single ended design and one output tube ;D


with winter just around the corner I wouldn't mind one of these!  it'd go well in the living room, with some marshmallows and a stick

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Quote from: Hemisaurus on May 01, 2011, 11:57:50 PM


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