[Gonset] G-66/77

Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:25:13 -0400

> Well old car season is about to start here and I want to get 
> my two pair of G-66b/77 on the air in my 54 Plymouth and 50 Chrysler.
> Any thing I should look out for? How good are they on the 
> 6VDC? I do have a 6/12/120 pack for the g-66b's. Should I start 
> they off on AC? Does any one have a transistorized drawing for 
> the Vibrator? Would I be better off with bipolar transistors or 
> FETS? Which FETS?

   How long has it been since they were powered up?
If not recently, you need to power them up slowly, best with
120 Vac, possibly through a powerstat or light dimmer, while
monitoring the highest B+, just out of the rectifier.
Bring it up 5 or 10 volts at a time, wait 1/2 hour between steps.

   Or replace all of the electrolytic capacitors, everywhere.
(the best idea)

   I have an old set of the "twins" that has the 6 Volt vibrator.
"I think" the best idea would be to run them on 120 Vac and power
them from a solid state inverter.

   GL on the contacts!  Some day I might try too . . . classics

Let us know what and how it was done and turned out.
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