[NJARC] Current limiting Devices

[TrainBee]

Charles,

    Up here in rural Maine, our power is up and down.  Generally I see it at 117, but I've also seen it go up to 125 while I was watching the meter on the bench, and then go back down.  Honestly,  I was impressed that it picked up a signal, in the basement during the day, from a 5KW transmitter about 50 miles away.  As you can see, there's nothing much to adjust and it didn't matter much when I tried.  Anyway, it's been fun learning more from this.  BTW... I did run this from the isolation transformer. 

Joe

 

 

 

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From: Charles Blanding <cblanding at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tue, Nov 29, 2016 1:47 pm
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Going by the tube line up, this radio has the famous "Autodyne Converter"
circuit. Look it up for a description. In a nutshell, it is an all American
4 that was a lower cost radio for inner city use where signals were strong
and peoples incomes were low. GE made clock radios with this same circuit.
The resistor is needed since the tube lineup is 12 volts short of the All
American 5 filament total to make up the line voltage. I doubt that surge
protection feature is needed with the stability of today's power line
voltage. Back when this radio was new however, power surges would have been
more of an issue, especially in big city industrial areas where many of
these radios were sold. 

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