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Old 03-25-2016, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TUD1 View Post
That's what I had in mind. I want to keep an original Zenith 6X5G in there and have the diodes in the chassis. Somebody told me to remove the two plate wires and one cathode wire from the tube socket and wire them together in a Y shape. I think one lead of both diodes connects to the cathode wire and the other two leads to the plate wires.
The cathodes or the marked ends of the diodes go the cathode wire from the tube socket.
The newer GT type 6X5 is generally reliable. I, personally like a tube rectifier, but I generally only turn on my tube radios to show how well they work.
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