>
>> I think what happened to you was probably caused by defective
>> capacitors.
>>
>> 73,
>> Mauri I4JMY
>>
>>
>> Well, in the name of actually learning something, I will pick some caps up
>> at the store next time, and replace the original Heath grid circuit (LC)..
>> I still have the chokes, etc.
>
>1.) If the capacitors make no difference in gain, as Mauri claims,
>then they don't serve the function claimed by proponents of using
>them......
Orr did not claim they made a difference in gain.
> and so they can be removed with no ill effects. There is no
>reason to leave them in.
Grid fusing is way cheaper than new tubes.
>
>2.) If the capacitors act like they do in all the amps I've seen (that
>has been dozens of amps), then they need removed to help
>performance.
>
You apparently have not seen a SB-220. There is no significant
performance difference.
>Looks like either way the best solution is to get rid of them,
>because they either do nothing at all or they hurt the system.
>
Unless protected by a fusing device, 3-500Zs tend to short. Thus, grid
fusing might be worthwhile - except for those who have a free supply of
new 3-500Zs.
cheers
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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