Tube Amp Archive

Thanks for all the tips guys. How about for an SE OT. I can't really figure out which lead is the start or end of the winding. Is this just a trial and error approach? There is an engineering standard for transformer colour codes. Blue (and brown) is for the plate, red for the B+ feedpoint. On the ...

Anyhow, this is probably more than you wanted to know! :D No, it's too less :wink: Can you tell me some more about the swinging choke? How does it work? How is it different in construction to usual chokes, so that it obtains the described behaviour? Is it a similar behaviour like usual chokes, whic...

Thanks PRR. I did enjoy the analogies. All the info I needed was in: >High-current chokes cost more than low-current chokes. >Screen is 10 times more sensitive to ripple. To which I add/deduce: Taking supply prior to choke is sufficient (obviously, or they wouldn't be doing it) and that there are N...