Project impossible? bringing a magnet-box back from the dead?

[Yamamaya42]

Houston, we have power!
https://i.imgur.com/54cwucJ.jpg

took a bit to work out which wires but!

https://i.imgur.com/NfzdA5Q.jpg tubes nice and glowing, no smoke

As mentioned in the other thread, the SAMs is CLOSE, with slight differences, some tubes are not the same. like it shows a different damper, so I had no idea which one to use, looked through my old tubes , found a 6DW4B, did a quick check, it matched up perfectly for the way the socket was wired, so i put it in, I see no reason why it should not work in there, a damper is a damper, the ratings for it seem good enough.

I'm now waiting for other tubes horz osc and the HV rect, to come, to see if I can get HV up.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Yamamaya42

Houston, we have power!
https://i.imgur.com/54cwucJ.jpg

took a bit to work out which wires but!

https://i.imgur.com/NfzdA5Q.jpg tubes nice and glowing, no smoke

As mentioned in the other thread, the SAMs is CLOSE, with slight differences, some tubes are not the same. like it shows a different damper, so I had no idea which one to use, looked through my old tubes , found a 6DW4B, did a quick check, it matched up perfectly for the way the socket was wired, so i put it in, I see no reason why it should not work in there, a damper is a damper, the ratings for it seem good enough.

I'm now waiting for other tubes horz osc and the HV rect, to come, to see if I can get HV up.

The original damper tube was probably a 6AY3.
I have a newer Mag chassis that uses a 6GB5/EL500. I picked it off the street because I wanted the little stereo amp, 2 6BQ5's. That's awhile ago!

[old_coot88]

Wasn't 6AY3 a compactron base? IIRC it was used in a lot of RCA B&W sets of the day.

[Yamamaya42]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The original damper tube was probably a 6AY3.
I have a newer Mag chassis that uses a 6GB5/EL500. I picked it off the street because I wanted the little stereo amp, 2 6BQ5's. That's awhile ago!

Well, I have been able to confirm that although THIS chassis does not use the damper as shown on the SAMS I have, ( 6DA4A) And is wired for a 6AY3/ 6DW4B type, the latter being a bit more beefy, it is wired for a 6GW6 HOT, which i had, and I THINK worked, not really sure.