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The ac heater supply is simply connected via a twisted pair connecting lead to V3 and V4
after first going through the secondary fuses
The 25.2V DC supply is highly regulated supply using a BD647 (TR7) as the main regulating
device. (Please ensure that the small clip on heat sink is attached to TR7)
TR1 and TR2 provide a constant current source for Z3 the 15 volt zener.
The output voltage is set by the ratio of R59 and R67 which provide the feedback to TR7 via
TR9 and TR10 to stabilise the whole circuit, and TR11 with R80 and R81 form a current
limiter. This allows the supply voltage to ramp up at switch on when the heater filaments of the
preamp valves draw considerably more current while cold.
R27 and R57 halve the supply voltage to provide the opamp bias voltage, and as shown on
the circuit diagram the DC supply is routed first through the two filaments in V2 in series and
then through the two filaments in V1. This will result in each filament having the nominal 6.3
volts across them.
Paul Stevens
30 June 1999
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