hi,
at the moment i'm building a BA-6A clone, i'm using the detailed version of the schematic i found at several places in the net. by the way, i cleaned up the schematic a bit, retyped all the values of the components so its quite readable now. if anybody wants a copy, just give a shout.
at the moment i'm using edcor transformers, but my plan is to replace them as soon i have the money for the sowter transformers.
i got a power transformer with 160-0-160, this should be the 320V rms indicated in the schematic. the problem i have now, is that the voltage after rectification (i`m using a 5r4 as indicated in the schematic) is less than 180V. this is not enough to start the voltage regulator tube.
it would be great to get a recommendation what to do.
My first idea was to replace the tube rectifier with solid state. that should give me ~225 V
Would that be enough?
the other thing i would like to say, is that i have been reading a lot in this forum in the last few month and it has been a lot of fun learning. A lot of thanks to all the persons who make this forum such an interesting place.
I can't contribute with any electronic knowledge yet, there is still to much to learn, but i hope someday to be able to give back at least some part of all i got in this forum.
Christian