Cathy Has Returned

[laatsch55]

Theres supposed to be a very fine filament between the tabs that have the alligator clips on em . That's the 6 volt source for the lights..

 

[laatsch55]

Light board soldered up, filament in..

 

[laatsch55]

That big piece of copper is a heatsink for the bridge rectifier...a little overkill..

 

[laatsch55]

The fastener in the meter housing is long gone...ergo the silicone..

 

[silver_face]

Back on the bench. Scott was she bent when it left the house?

that's too bad the White Oak chassis won't work, with new fins and backplanes...

 

[laatsch55]

It would work. Transformers are the same..

 

[silver_face]

I did not know, thanks...

 

[laatsch55]

SerI', B's and SerII's all interchange transformers...

 

[silver_face]

that makes a lot of sense, Cathy does not have the big caps cradle on the transformer, so the caps would still be mounted in clamp straps.
I can see that doable. I believe somebody would do that one day, if not already...

 

[laatsch55]

Yep, plumb doable..

 

[laatsch55]

Meters work..

 

[laatsch55]

Cathy is on the horns!!

 

[laatsch55]

Cathy is a hottie, `108.2 on the rails.....

She sounds good...damn good...

 

[derek92994]

Wow Lee you Nailed it, been working hard bud. Cool looking Beast!

 

[laatsch55]

Yep, she's a classy Ser I...

 

[Gibsonian]

Wow Lee, you are smoking here. If I only had a set of Series II fins I'd think about the new chassis.

Lee would it be possible to add some small value mylar caps in parallel with the PS caps to lower ESR? I did this on Cathy before she was a WOPL and I liked it.

The small filament removal was my doing, thought it was a short that shouldn't be there! Also, remembering now why I chopped up the meter board, was the mention of dual zoebels in the circuit.

My voltage a smidge higher than yours as I tested her at 109.5 V here before frying the PCB.

How does she sound on the Khorns?

 

[laatsch55]

Oh, I have a new chassis, new heatsinks and a set of backplanes ready to go. Yeah, we can bypass the c PS caps.

 

[laatsch55]

She sounds great on the horns..

 

[Gibsonian]

We'd be talking full comp at that point wouldn't we?

 

[laatsch55]

If you so desire..