Welcome to Dale's uNSLUng NSLU2 Voltage Chart Page
Jason says: BE CAREFUL!
Remember, these voltages are +/- 10% for the stock configuration only.
Modded circuits (including the use of different rectifier, output, or
preamp tubes) may cause your amp to show different voltages.
So, why do things turn out different than one might expect - if you are looking at a voltage chart?
- Variability of the line voltage at your locale.
- Variation from power transformer to power transformer - if you use the wrong taps, even larger
variation.
- Rectifier variation - especially if you are using a real tube rectifier, worn out versus new,
and the possibility of a mislabeled tube.
- Power tube conduction at idle. Tubes are not exactly precision devices, matched pairs are not
going to bias up like the next matched pair. Understanding the effect of the screen voltage on
the bias is important - if you change the screen voltage, the conduction changes as does the bias.
- Resistors and chokes in the power supply affect the downstream voltage drops. This is your chance
to learn Ohms Law!
- Pre-amp tubes have bias variations from each half of each tube and tube to tube. This will change
your plate and cathode voltages on these tubes. Substituting a different tube - 12AY7 for 12AX7 for
example - will drastically change those voltages also. While different tubes can work, you really
need to change the power supply and the plate / cathode resistors to optimize for that tube.
- Modifications you have read about or come up with yourself can drastically changes things - for
the better or worse.
Best thing to do - IMHO - is to make measurements as you build these amps in stages. Very few of us can
build an amp from start to completion without checking anything and expect it to work first try. After
a while you will start to get a 'feel' for what works and where the voltages should end up.
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