I think you will still need some dropping resistors added to equal the voltage drop of those tube rectifiers!
5AR4/GZ34/5U4/5Y3 SS conversion
Conversion using UF5407 800V 3Amp 2-Pin DO-2 Soft Recovery Ultrafast Plastic Rectifier Diodes in a standard octal plug with the cap off of a fabric conditioner bottle a perfect press fit to finish it off :D
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The B+ has gone from 300V to 325V and from 290V to 315V at the OP valve plates, so as it is cathode biased I'm not too concerned. I'll put the tester inline with one of the OP valves and see what the plate and cathode current is to see if it's within limits. The EL84s were only doing about 10.5 Watts before. |
Well it certainly looks different :^) https://cursorium.co.uk/images/ssr-3.jpg https://cursorium.co.uk/images/ssr-4.jpg |
I did the opposite--albeit on a preamp. Added a massive tube regulated power supply to replace diodes! See photo here |