Thread: Tube Biasing
View Single Post
Old 07-05-2008, 12:17 PM   #8 (permalink)
Adwex
Senior Member
 
Adwex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 717
Re: Tube Biasing

Quote:
Originally Posted by ryan.kroemer@bigpond.com View Post
Thanks, how do i work out plate voltage of my new amp if i can work that out i know the formula to then work out what Ma to set the poweramp tubes at.
Do i have to bias pre-amp tubes on a newly built amp or are the self biasing.
the video on that website is not loading and yet i have broadband, is it availible on youtube
thanks
The plate voltage has to be measured with a voltmeter. I believe it's on pin #3 of the power tube socket, but double check that. Be careful, its gonna be somewhere between 300-600 volts!

Preamp tubes do not need to be biased.

Here's a short youtube video on biasing...it's just one in a series of "how-to" videos.
YouTube - How to Change Tubes on Vacuum Tube Amplifiers : Pulling Pre-Amp to Change Tubes on an Amplifier
__________________
www.myspace.com/rockerlivemusic
Adwex is offline   Reply With Quote