Hi I'm reworking an old PP 6v6 (pine pepco) and thought I'd convert to a tube rectifier for the sake of having that experiance. I savlaged a PT with the required 5v tap from an old spartan radio. Apparently it is wound for higher voltage than what is usually seen in guitar amps. AC voltage measurements at the rect socket are 366v ac @ pin 4, 336v ac @pin 6, 5v @ pin 8 and 470v dc @ pin 2. There are no other tubes in the amp as yet. It will host a pair of 6v6 and a pair of el84 in parallel PP with two 12ax7s in the preamp.
Even though voltages will read higher than with tubes in, it looks like I'll have to drop over 100v to use this PT. Perhaps more for the sake of the el84s ?
Install a big choke ?, big resistor ?, Zenner string?, mosfet? Light bulb ???? what?
Tear out the tube rect and PT and put the orig PT with ss rect back in?
Even though voltages will read higher than with tubes in, it looks like I'll have to drop over 100v to use this PT. Perhaps more for the sake of the el84s ?
Install a big choke ?, big resistor ?, Zenner string?, mosfet? Light bulb ???? what?
Tear out the tube rect and PT and put the orig PT with ss rect back in?
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