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Originally Posted by Reece
If you go the diode route, you can leave the 6X5 in its socket "for pretty" and just disconnect the socket. The power xfrmr will have a little better time of it with one fewer heater to heat.
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Good idea. Perhaps I should do that for the 5U4 tube as well.
If I'm reading the tube data right, it looks like there's a 25 volt drop for every 100mA drawn. That means I should use a 250 ohm resistor in series with the diodes I think
