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Old 09-09-2016, 08:37 AM
Rosco65 Rosco65 is offline
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Originally Posted by pstrisik View Post
I've got a couple of the fat bottle U52's. I assume that's the one you have. I just checked ebay and they have already jumped in price from when I obtained mine a year+ ago. I would hate to sell off some of the best in the collection though, even if the upgrade made the choice of rectifier less critical. Maybe we could get $1000 for one in a few more years!
Dennis informed me that he has made some changes to the Hot Rod power supply that allow for the use of both directly and indirectly heated rectifier tubes. I am still unclear how critical those tubes will be in this application, but he said that with a simple balancing circuit any ripple is eliminated.
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