[Milsurplus] 6032 infrared image tube avail.

[patrick jankowiak]

Safety Notice:

By all means, make sure the power supply POSITIVE is GROUND!

Otherwise, you will have 10-20KV right next to your eye. The charge is
small but the eye is delicate and wet-wired right to the briain, so
don't take any unneccessary chances.

As to power, I used an old HV transformer from a tektronix scope. I
replaced the miniature tube type rectifiers with strings of solid
state diodes in a multiplier arrangement. Ran at about 20 KHz and was
the size of two cigarette packs. A 250-500PF 20KV doorknob cap will
work well for the filter and a 100 megohm resistor for a bleeder and
voltage divider.

radio-electronics magazine had an article on building a viewer and
power supply, with the 6032, in the 70's. and again in the 80's. Time
to go to the library.

SGT PJ

"J. Forster" wrote:
> 
> The 6032s are pretty common. My guess is that there were lots sold, and few used
> due to the power supply poblems. The 1P25 uses about 4 KV and the 6032 about 20
> KV.
> 
> Nowdays, one might be able to cobble up a power supply fr a 6032 from a color TV
> or old monitor HVPS.
> -John
> 
> patrick jankowiak wrote:
> 
> > I thought I had an old 1P25 infrared image converter tube, but it
> > turned out it was a 6032 infrared image converter tube instead.
> >
> > Anyone need one?
> >
> > Patrick