[ARC5] BC-454-B Power

[Al Klase]

Robert,

Well, maybe not stupid, but why would you want to?  Appropriate power 
supplies are pretty easy to find or gin up in this day and age.
I think most of us are in favor of making minimal changes to the radio.

It was different when we were kids.  There is a article in Vol 1 of the 
Surplus Conversion Manual making a 24-volt BC-946 (BCB RX) into a 6-volt 
car radio. Parallel heaters, 6-volt tubes, plus a vibrator power supply 
for B+.

Just run the heaters from a 24-volt doorbell transformer and relax.

Al


On 7/19/2021 12:21 PM, Robert Jenkins wrote:
> Mr. Gordon,
>
> Why is converting the receiver to all parallel filaments a stupid idea?
>
> Just curious,
>
> Robert Jenkins
> KG4KGL
>
>
>
>> On Jul 19, 2021, at 11:54, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>> In any case, as far as I am concerned, converting the radio to use either 6 V tubes, or to
>> change to all parallel filaments are really stupid ideas.
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
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