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by Medley
Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:51 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: 6.3v with CT vs no CT
Replies: 25
Views: 6835

Re: 6.3v with CT vs no CT

You missed my point. Sure you can do it, meaning I see no issues. Either one is acceptable. Seems a bit redundant to do both. Then I turned it around to you by asking "but why would you ?", meaning what is your reasoning for doing both? As I mentioned, this was my first build. I've owned and used, ...
by Medley
Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: 6.3v with CT vs no CT
Replies: 25
Views: 6835

Re: 6.3v with CT vs no CT

Sure you can do both. But why would you? That's a bit of a story, but you haven't really answered my question, which is: The general consensus seems to be that it will cause problems if you do so; what problems is it known to cause? I know Rob Rob says it'll create a ground loop and they are genera...
by Medley
Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:56 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: 6.3v with CT vs no CT
Replies: 25
Views: 6835

Re: 6.3v with CT vs no CT

Can we ignore the CT on a heater winding and use resistors as faux CT? I think yes, but always good to reinforce knowledge. I know you can't do BOTH (real CT and pseudo CT) without causing trouble. I know this is conventional wisdom, but I know someone (me) who wired his first amp build exactly thi...