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    Last post has got me worried now is this correct for 1 power tube and one preamp tube ?
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    Coming from pilot light on left to power tube and then on to preamp tube?

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    Originally posted by Jarvini View Post
    Last post has got me worried now is this correct for 1 power tube and one preamp tube ?

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]47148[/ATTACH]
    Coming from pilot light on left to power tube and then on to preamp tube?
    Bummer! That's not going to work. You need a color pair to every tube. A bit like this:

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    Experience is something you get, just after you really needed it.

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    • #3
      This is what I was trying to show excuse the crudeness of my diagram is this correct ?
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      Ignore the pin 3 on the left that's meant to be pin 2

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      • #4
        That's correct, but you understand that there's no benefit in twisting wires of the same polarity, eg twisting the 2 red or 2 black wires won't reduces their EM field, in the way that twisting wires of opposing polarity does?
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        • #5
          So basically run them like this?
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Jarvini View Post
            So basically run them like this?
            [ATTACH=CONFIG]47152[/ATTACH]
            Perfect!
            Experience is something you get, just after you really needed it.

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            • #7
              Brilliant thanks everyone

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