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Old 11-28-2020, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by vortalexfan View Post
No but someone else on here said to connect 2 D cells in parallel to get the voltage I needed for my filaments, you just happened to reply when I asked about how to connect batteries in parallel.
Anyways Rechargeable NiMH batteries are 1.2 Volts which if I connected 2 of those together I would get 2.4V which would be the correct voltage I need for the tube filaments, and they make NiMH Rechargeable D cells that are as high as 12,000 mAh, which would be more than enough juice to power the filaments.

I'm guessing the oscillator isn't running because the tubes aren't getting enough filament juice.
Those tubes aren't that easy to source. They only used them for few years.
The 1C6 can be replaced with a 1A6.
I checked over my 2 volt battery set. At the time, I built the power supply using a transformer from a scrap VTVM. I didn't have a regulator chip at the time, so I just used discrete components.
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