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« on: December 17, 2009, 06:41:11 PM »

Thanks to Erwin (he pushed me over the edge  Wink), I decided to build this thing.

Let me tell you, sourcing parts here in EU is real pain in the a** and at the end, I was not even able to get everything I wanted.
At least now I know how easy is to order a kit from Nik.
...anyway, I have what I have and now the fun part starts...  Grin

My first eyelett board build ever  Wink


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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 06:44:25 PM »

This is where I am at the moment...

Check out those orange drop caps  Shocked  Shocked
I think I'm safe... voltage wise  Grin



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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 02:17:51 PM »

Hi Mcinku,

Looking good! What parts ended up different?
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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 08:49:25 PM »

Well obviously the plate resistor is not RN65D type and caps are not Sprague PS but 716 (except 0.47uF, that one is 225P).
I also couldn't find 1K3 cathode resistor, I used 1K4 instead.
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2009, 07:28:11 PM »

Nothing much is going on, I'm waiting for this big sticker which I design for my faceplate... nothing fancy but still takes time.  Wink

All I managed to do so far is this...


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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2009, 09:16:23 AM »

Things are slowly moving along...


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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 10:55:59 AM »

Hi Mcinku, Nice design....have you considered trying parallel operation??

http://ceriatoneforum.com/index.php?topic=1466.0
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Respect for the big guy's work....we're at this part of the forum because of HAD's amps.
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2009, 10:58:17 AM »

So far I didn't, I'll check your schematics, thanks.
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2009, 08:21:02 AM »

Almost there...  Wink

Just the signal wires missing... I ran out of solder  Embarrassed


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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2009, 06:06:17 PM »

OK I'm done... I think  Huh?


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« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2009, 06:10:26 PM »

I tried it and it works but my voltages look strange...  Huh?

Erwin, what are your voltages?

These are mine...


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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2009, 02:22:29 PM »

I found out what was the reason for my strange voltage...

...I somehow used 820K instead of 820 dropping string resistor. Now I need to find it somewhere  Angry ... I called my tech and he has only 1K available... I will take it, I just can't wait to hear this thing sing.  Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2009, 10:07:21 PM »

I fixed it... my voltages looks much better now...
311V and 255V

I had to improvise a little  Wink


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« Reply #13 on: January 02, 2010, 12:22:44 PM »

Congrats Mcinku! Looks very good. I love your front and backplate design; a sticker?
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2010, 08:04:54 PM »

Yes, it's a sticker.
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