1B1 ballast tube

11/14/2006 3:20:31 PMJon

Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
Jon.

11/14/2006 3:57:49 PMeasyrider8

: Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
:Jon.

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Here are the spec's on the ballast

http://philcorepairbench.com/tube/tubechrt.htm

Dave

11/14/2006 4:31:03 PMJon

:: Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
::Jon.
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:Here are the spec's on the ballast
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:http://philcorepairbench.com/tube/tubechrt.htm
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:Dave

Dave,
Great information,printed it off for future use.
Thank you,
Jon.

11/14/2006 4:06:12 PMRadiodoc

: Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
:Jon.

Jon,

1B1 ballast rated at 1.0 volt .36 amp 2.8 Ohms Ballast for 2v battery operation from 3.2v dry battery.

Radiodoc

11/14/2006 5:05:57 PMNorm Leal

Hi

You could use a small resistor but it's not necessary if you are able to supply 2 volts to tube filaments. Just jump the ballast pins.

Norm

:: Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
::Jon.
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:Jon,
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:1B1 ballast rated at 1.0 volt .36 amp 2.8 Ohms Ballast for 2v battery operation from 3.2v dry battery.
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:Radiodoc
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11/15/2006 7:31:23 PMJon

:Hi
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: You could use a small resistor but it's not necessary if you are able to supply 2 volts to tube filaments. Just jump the ballast pins.
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:Norm

Norm,
Great idea. I like these battery sets as they are usually found much cheaper than a.c. sets and I like to assemble the batteries to keep them as original as possible. many thanks,
Jon.
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::: Just picked up a Silvertone mod. 1926 battery set. It is missing the 1-B-1 ballast tube. Looking at the schematic, it looks like the ballast uses only two pins for an inline resister. Anyone have an idea if I can use a high wattage resister and what value in place of the tube? I bave tried to calculate but come up with a different number each time. many thanks,
:::Jon.
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::Jon,
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::1B1 ballast rated at 1.0 volt .36 amp 2.8 Ohms Ballast for 2v battery operation from 3.2v dry battery.
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::Radiodoc
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