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Offline pbman1953

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Need to tweak bias resistors
« on: April 01, 2017, 12:59:11 pm »
For my Traynor YBA-3 Custom-




I need to bring down the cathode side of the measurement. It's high and in the past I was told certain resistors had to be played with get calm it down.


Sorry for forgetting, Thanks.


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Re: Need to tweak bias resistors
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2017, 02:10:04 pm »
Can you be more specific? What cathode measurement? How are you making that measurement?
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Re: Need to tweak bias resistors
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2017, 02:15:06 pm »
Using my Bias Rite, I want to bring down the cathode current. I've been experimenting all morning with changing out R36 . I can't get much change with that so I changed out R39.


R36-15K


R37- 47k


R39- 115K


With this I get a better range

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Re: Need to tweak bias resistors
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2017, 02:20:40 pm »
Decrease R39 even more. Leave R36 and R37 alone.
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Re: Need to tweak bias resistors
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2017, 02:23:37 pm »
Actually I just measured , I'm good with my last settings I wrote you


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