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Polarity of Lytic Cap?
3/27/2012 7:05:31 PMJohnny
I've marked up this Philco 90 schematic and have placed the + and - symbols in red at the cap in question. I believe I'm correct but would like some confirmation on that belief. And will a 50 volt cap be sufficient? Also I need to try to put a picture of the schematic here and I need to see if I remember the correct way to do it.

Thanks,
Johnny
3/27/2012 7:40:47 PMEdd










Sir Johnny. . . . .


Thats zackly right !


There is a main B+ feeder line coming in from the right and then feeding into a 10K / 25K voltage divider for creating a sub B+ for the frontal RF circuitry tubes.

Their screens tap into that supply and your CORRECTLY polarized capacitor is providing decoupling and filtering for them.


Thasssittt . . . .

73's de Edd




When a clock is hungry . . . it just goes back " four" seconds






:I've marked up this Philco 90 schematic and have placed the + and - symbols in red at the cap in question. I believe I'm correct but would like some confirmation on that belief. And will a 50 volt cap be sufficient? Also I need to try to put a picture of the schematic here and I need to see if I remember the correct way to do it.
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3/27/2012 7:55:43 PMJohnny
:Thanks Edd but from what I'm looking at now is the voltage rating on that lytic cap. Should go higher then 50 WVDC. Think so?


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:Sir Johnny. . . . .
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:Thats zackly right !
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:There is a main B+ feeder line coming in from the right and then feeding into a 10K / 25K voltage divider for creating a sub B+ for the frontal RF circuitry tubes.
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:Their screens tap into that supply and your CORRECTLY polarized capacitor is providing decoupling and filtering for them.
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3/27/2012 7:56:33 PMThe voltage . . . .
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:Sir Johnny. . . . .
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:Thats zackly right !
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:There is a main B+ feeder line coming in from the right and then feeding into a 10K / 25K voltage divider for creating a sub B+ for the frontal RF circuitry tubes.
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:Their screens tap into that supply and your CORRECTLY polarized capacitor is providing decoupling and filtering for them.
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The screens spec at up to 90 VDC on the tube manual, so why not use a 150 VDC rating on the cap.


And do a final spot voltage check after operational, just to be sure.


Also the 70K value of the divider resistor "typoed" out as being 10K.
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3/27/2012 9:11:12 PMJohnny
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::Sir Johnny. . . . .
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::Thats zackly right !
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::There is a main B+ feeder line coming in from the right and then feeding into a 10K / 25K voltage divider for creating a sub B+ for the frontal RF circuitry tubes.
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::Their screens tap into that supply and your CORRECTLY polarized capacitor is providing decoupling and filtering for them.
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::Thasssittt . . . .
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::Added about the screens voltages:
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:The screens spec at up to 90 VDC on the tube manual, so why not use a 150 VDC rating on the cap.
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:And do a final spot voltage check after operational, just to be sure.
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:Also the 70K value of the divider resistor "typoed" out as being 10K.
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::73's de Edd

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Thanks Edd!
Johnny


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