Hi all,
well it has been a very long time since my last post.
Now settled down in our new home, so ready to tinker...
I obtained a 0.1uF 7KV Visconal which I chain drilled on the base to open it up.
I then emptied it out (with precautions) and re-stuffed it with a new 8KV capacitor obtained from China.
I filled the base of the Visconal can with cut up lengths of hot melt glue sticks and then stuck the base on with a glue gun. The gaps from the chain drilling were filled with more hot melt. To keep the base straight whilst cooling. I bolted it to an empty baked been tin which I had drilled a hole in.
I re-made the EHT valve's mounting bracket. This time I made it 1 1/4" taller to clear the large EHT transformer. I also fitted the correct type bulgin style valve socket this time.
I then temporarily wired up the heaters to the EHT rectifier, attached my meter with a X10 probe and powered it up...
Hey presto, 5.83KV! I must admit that I was
myself whilst doing this test, bearing in mind that the whole bracket is at EHT potential and also there being no bleader chain (there never was!).
That's all for now.
Cheers
Andy