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AC30 - I think this valve is U/s

PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:21 pm
by SJB
I recently looked at a Rose Morris era AC30 which had gone dead.

On removing the chassis I noted the PSU 10 Ohm resistor was on the bottom of the case.
Seems it had soldered itself. The resistor was still usable - although I did change it.

I think this is the culprit :-
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Opening up the Vavle we see the flash-over occurred from the Cathode to the Anode taking out grids on the way.

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This AC30 does not have a 500mA fuse in the HT.
All is now well again. Been on soak test for hours.

Not sure if the valve glass fractured first. Current must have been there for a while to de solder the resistor.
So on re-fitting the fuse I have not wrapped the resistor ends around the tags - seems we need a fuse sometimes.

SJB