[R-390] Ballast Tubes - Resistor

David C. Hallam dhallam at rapidsys.com
Sat Jul 3 13:30:27 EDT 2004


According to my RCA Tube Manual a 6BA6 is rated 6.3 V at 300 mA, so 2 tubes
in series 12.6 V at 600 mA.  Supply voltage is 25.2 V so you want to drop
12.6 V with 600 mA of current

12.6/0.6 = 21 ohms

21x0.36 = 7.6 watts

A resistor ( 21 ohms at 10 watts would seem right

David C. Hallam
KC2JD




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