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  • Input voltage range for tube oscilloscope

    I'm trying to figure out what is a safe input voltage range for my old Telequipment S51b tube oscilloscope. Manual for it is here: https://www.hobbielektronika.hu/foru....php?id=118371 From a simplistic standpoint I would assume that since it has a 50/v division setting I should be able to go full screen at that setting which would be 400V.
    I am more used to solid-state scopes that give a max voltage on the front plate or in a manual but I don't see one. Also, because of the age, am wondering if the DC blocking cap may fail in AC mode if I go too high in voltage even if it is within the range that the scope was designed for.

    Thanks for any input,
    Greg

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    400V is a safe assumption, check whatb the input cap rating is, you wonīt go higher than that, itīs for sure.

    I suggest making an extra high voltage attenuator for higher voltges, **including** power tube plates, which rest *at idle* near 500VDC , regularly reach twice that (many ignore OT see-saw action) on resistive lods, can easily reach 1100 or 1200V peaks with speaker loads and if you forgot to plug a load, the Sky is the limit.

    Ok, ok, not the Sky ... but *can* reach 2500V peaks or even higher.
    After all, there must be a physical reason for OT to die, punched through and through , or sockets arc and burn when you forget your speakers and strum chords full blast.



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      Thanks Juan!

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