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Finished the 3C24 VTTC and now it dosn't work!

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Vaxian
Wed Apr 18 2007, 05:38AM Print
Vaxian Registered Member #635 Joined: Tue Apr 10 2007, 01:56AM
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Had first light with the coil strewn across the desk and wired together with jumpers.

Put it all nice and neat into the lexan box I made for it and NOTHING!

The tube get's REALLY hot with just 40-50 Volts, no oscillation.

Have checked over the wiring numerous times, seems all OK.

Have tightened, taken apart, retightened all connections.

Any suggestions on what may cause this? I'm at my wits end.

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1176662810 635 FT1630 3c24 Coil



1176673926 635 FT1630 3c24 Coil 2
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Wed Apr 18 2007, 06:45AM
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You double triple checked the phasing?

Also, I am a little worried about how close your secondary is to the mot, in my vttc I had to have about 1/2" of empty space and an aluminum plate between them or it would have trouble oscillating.
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Coronafix
Wed Apr 18 2007, 06:59AM
Coronafix Registered Member #160 Joined: Mon Feb 13 2006, 02:07AM
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I was also going to question the MOT proximity.
Terry Fritz did some analysing of this and found that
having the coil central over the MOT helped a lot,
but it may still need raising.
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Vaxian
Wed Apr 18 2007, 11:22AM
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Hmmmm,

It was like that nwhen it was working before. The plate cap and grid leak were jumpered in.

I will try tilting the top away from the MOT and firing it up though.

Thanks
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Steve Conner
Wed Apr 18 2007, 01:05PM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
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Sounds like your feedback was only just enough to start with, and the new tube has less gain than the old one. Try more turns on the feedback winding, and/or a bypass cap across the grid leak resistor if you don't have one already.
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Vaxian
Thu Apr 19 2007, 03:18AM
Vaxian Registered Member #635 Joined: Tue Apr 10 2007, 01:56AM
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IT LIVES!!! wha ha ha ha!!!

Dosn't make any sense, I rewired the grid leak in phase the same way it was for first light (EXACTLY)
I turned it around and it oscilates!

Still getting hot really fast but I'm getting sparks!

Will share spark pix when they are above 1/8" with a red plate.

Thanks everybody.

Think I'll wind a better primary with more taps and a larger grid leak resistor may help.
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