Hey guys, I'm new around here, or new again as I lost my password and couldn't access my old email address.
I build and repair amps and have just finished a 5E8-A low power tweed twin build for a client. It turned out great and I have no issues to troubleshoot but I am curious about how a second rectifier effects the maximum recommended 1st stage filter cap value. Does a second rectifier tube increase, decrease, or not affect this value? Fender choose to use a single 16uf cap for the first stage and then 2 16uf in parallel after the choke. If tighter response was the intention of the 2nd rectifier, whey did they then choose to use such a small value filter cap? The 5E6 bassman also used this circuit.
Thanks in advance!
I build and repair amps and have just finished a 5E8-A low power tweed twin build for a client. It turned out great and I have no issues to troubleshoot but I am curious about how a second rectifier effects the maximum recommended 1st stage filter cap value. Does a second rectifier tube increase, decrease, or not affect this value? Fender choose to use a single 16uf cap for the first stage and then 2 16uf in parallel after the choke. If tighter response was the intention of the 2nd rectifier, whey did they then choose to use such a small value filter cap? The 5E6 bassman also used this circuit.
Thanks in advance!
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