On 11/23/2010 9:16 AM, Carl wrote:
> Ive no GI-7 experience so dont know the anode diameter.
The anode cooling is rather inefficient with the coarse fins. As the
cooler is easily removed I'm surprised no one is making a replacement
cooler that is similar to the ones used in the MLA-2500 I would think
they would be considerably more efficient than the stock ones on the GI-7B
> OTOH, Ive used
> anodes from dead 3-500Z's on 8072's at around 300W Pd with just a good
> muffin fan. Im guessing that forced air with a chimney would get them up
> around the 8122 400W Pd.
That removable anode cooler would certainly open the door for a lot of
experimentation including water cooling, transverse cooling, or maybe
even replacing the original with the anode structure off some dead tubes
like the3CX and 4CX series. If the cooler is too big to fit and simple
copper insert could be machined to take up the space with the axial fins
pressed in place over it.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> The testing was out of curiosity as 8072's are almost a give away tube, even
> NIB. Using 2-4 in a swamped grid drive would make for some decent power.
>
> They use the same socket as the 8874 family and 3CX800.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Briggs"<vk3zl@bigpond.com>
> To:<amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:24 AM
> Subject: [Amps] Tube Cooling..
>
>
>> I have built several 2 x GI-7B amplifiers and cooling the tubes
>> efficiently has always been a challenge...There are many retrofit
>> Dentron, Heathkit etc amplifiers using GI-7 tubes using a single muffin
>> fan for cooling and I have always wondered if the air was sufficient to
>> really keep the tubes within a safe cooling level...I have used forced
>> air cooling and also water cooling for these tubes and have not had any
>> overheating problems..Obtaining suitable blowers in VK is difficult for
>> air cooling...
>>
>> The tubes have an anode dissipation of only 350 watts each..The standard
>> finned coolers don't look all that efficient but seem to do the job
>> quite well..I also replaced the standard coolers with coolers from
>> GI-46B tubes as another way of sinking the heat away and once more these
>> work well although 46B coolers are harder to find...Water cooling on the
>> other hand seems to be the most efficient....I run 2 liters of water per
>> minute through two cooling manifolds and the water temperature barely
>> gets warmer than body temperature..I also use water cooling on GS-31 and
>> 35B tubes 4 liters per minute...Very efficient..
>>
>> Bob..VK3ZL..
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