UPDATE, OCTOBER 2, 2018
Hi Marshall. I spent some time this evening working on the distressed wiring in the High Voltage cage. The purpose of the “wiring fix” is to allow me to test the circuit as designed before I make any modifications during the restoration process. The wiring fix involved “putting back” some of the wires that had simply fallen off of places from age and from the “trip”. Anyway, I am now able to confirm that the flyback is “alive” at least to the point of generating High Voltage. I got 20 KV on the final anode lead with the regulation tube disconnected. Obviously this is a critical thing to verify early on in the restoration process. It is now time to test and replace tubes and then look at a bunch of other signals with the oscilloscope as we proceed. It is also time to start replacing a lot more capacitors. At some point, probably very soon in the process, I will return to the High Voltage section and do some more work there. But this test verifies a lot of components like the “doorknob” capacitors and insulators in the High Voltage section.
YAY!!
Mike
Author: Great news!
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