Hey y’all! I found something I couldn’t pass up at a thrift shop! It’s a 1960s CB radio power Mike powered by a 6au6a.
After replacing bad caps I decided to modify it for guitar use as a boost pedal. Switched the crystal mic element for an input jack, and converted it to a bridge rectifier from half wave.
After I powered it back up, it’s definitely got less hum, however it’s very quiet and I can’t hardly tell it’s on when before it was a huge volume boost. B+ dropped around 38v when I switched to a bridge and I’m now seeing 60v DC & AC on each heater tab!
Swapped tubes, it’s the same, could it be the power transformer?
The 85v secondary was grounded originally and got full 120 on the other for the half wave.
Cathode: 1v dc
Screen Grid: 126v dc
Plate: 125v dc
Heater: 60v ac/dc
Heater: 58v ac/dc
Suppressor Grid: -.01 dc
Grid 1: 0v
I’ve attached a schematic I drew out, yes there’s no fuse I’ll be adding one when it gets here.
Any ideas as to what could be going on here?
After replacing bad caps I decided to modify it for guitar use as a boost pedal. Switched the crystal mic element for an input jack, and converted it to a bridge rectifier from half wave.
After I powered it back up, it’s definitely got less hum, however it’s very quiet and I can’t hardly tell it’s on when before it was a huge volume boost. B+ dropped around 38v when I switched to a bridge and I’m now seeing 60v DC & AC on each heater tab!
Swapped tubes, it’s the same, could it be the power transformer?
The 85v secondary was grounded originally and got full 120 on the other for the half wave.
Cathode: 1v dc
Screen Grid: 126v dc
Plate: 125v dc
Heater: 60v ac/dc
Heater: 58v ac/dc
Suppressor Grid: -.01 dc
Grid 1: 0v
I’ve attached a schematic I drew out, yes there’s no fuse I’ll be adding one when it gets here.
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