[Hallicrafters] Solid state rectifier and matching 6V6s

[William L Howard]

] Solid state rectifier and matching 6V6s


> Variacs can be pricy especially when you have radios in several rooms. A 
> cheaper alternative is to get a 250' coil of #18 or #20 zip cord and let 
> Isquared R do the work. Getting the input down around 105-108V does 
> wonders for heat reduction.
>
> Carl
> KM1H

Somewhere on some list there was a plan for using a Radio Shack 12 Volt 
transformer with the secondary used as a bucking transformer which lowered 
the effective voltage to about line voltage minus 12 volts. I built one 
inside an electrical junction box and it works quite well.

Bill Howard