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I've built several tube amplifiers from kits and want to venture into building one of my own design.
I thought i would start with a HV transformer I had salvaged.
it has 2 HV taps 300 vac @ 200ma and 215 @ 175ma.
When I hooked up a bridge rectifier to each tap I expected to get about 405 VDC on point A and about 290 VDC on point 2
what I'm reading is 303VDC on point A and 205VDC on point B. (read to ground)
I checked each diode with my fluke and each is good.
I checked to see that I routed the diodes correctly to bridge and it is.
I had my son double check the orientation just to be sure.
what am I missing?
Thank you
I've built several tube amplifiers from kits and want to venture into building one of my own design.
I thought i would start with a HV transformer I had salvaged.
it has 2 HV taps 300 vac @ 200ma and 215 @ 175ma.
When I hooked up a bridge rectifier to each tap I expected to get about 405 VDC on point A and about 290 VDC on point 2
what I'm reading is 303VDC on point A and 205VDC on point B. (read to ground)
I checked each diode with my fluke and each is good.
I checked to see that I routed the diodes correctly to bridge and it is.
I had my son double check the orientation just to be sure.
what am I missing?
Thank you
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