[Boatanchors] Heath HA-10 Warrior Filament/Bias Transformer

[Ian Wilson]

Hi Rick,

A 6.3V transformer of sufficient current should be easy to locate.
You could then add a small 12v transformer (or 12.6v or ...) in the
extra space.

Hope this helps.

73, ian K3IMW


On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Rick Poole WA1RKT <wa1rkt at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Well, this is embarrassing.
>
> A little history... I had been looking for a decent-condition Warrior for
> a while.  I found one in September of last year in Florida at a price that
> seemed about average for that amp (not an earth-shakingly great deal, but
> not bad either) so I figured I'd grab it and put it on the shelf until I
> could get around to integrating it into the station (see my page on QRZ...
> it's going into the rack above the Marauder where the rack-mount Collins
> 30L-1 is now).  Now, 14 months later, I'm finally getting around to it.
>
> The seller suggested, and I enthusiastically agreed, that he remove the
> power transformer and swinging choke and ship those separately.  What I
> didn't know is that he also removed the filament/bias transformer, which
> mounts inside the chassis and so is not in plain view.  That's fine, but
> now I can't find the transformer, and I'm not entirely certain I ever
> received it.  We had never talked about removing anything but the plate
> transformer and filter choke, so when I received the amp and inventoried
> the parts, those were there and I figured I had everything.  Now that I'm
> in the process of putting the thing back together, I see that the
> filament/bias transformer is missing.
>
> I contacted the seller last night and he says he sent it with the rest, so
> OK, I'm willing to accept that I just lost it.  Regardless, what do I do
> now?  Any suggestions from any of you for replacements?  Fortunately there
> is plenty of room (lots and lots of room) inside the chassis so shouldn't
> have too much trouble finding someplace to put whatever I find.
>
> For reference, the transformer is 115 VAC primary, secondaries 6.3 VCT
> with current sufficient for four 811A filaments, and 10 V at low current.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Rick WA1RKT
> Londonderry, NH
> Catch me on 14.300 MHz Intercon / MMSN most days
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