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Old 13th Oct 2020, 1:04 am   #11
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Default Re: Hallicrafters SX-25 Rebuild: New Mains Transformer Questions.

Yes - I plan to get a couple of them. I do have the power supply unconnected as the previous owner looked like he was also wiring out the A/C plug. The whole power section needs work.

Both the 80 and 83 are somewhat expensive in the US so I am trying to be careful

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Originally Posted by turretslug View Post
I think it would be best to get hold of a known good 80 before going much further- the 83 is a mercury vapour type which are best used with choke-input supply arrangements as their low impedance means that they can be damaged by the high peak currents possible with capacitor-input filters.
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