OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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Re: OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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M Fowler wrote:Also, you can route the OT wires above the chassis to designated area rather then under boards inside the chassis.

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Re: OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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Reeltarded wrote:
M Fowler wrote:Also, you can route the OT wires above the chassis to designated area rather then under boards inside the chassis.

Mark
Stop making sense. Too simple!
What the hell's wrong with me sorry buddy :lol:

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Re: OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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Reeltarded wrote:
M Fowler wrote:Also, you can route the OT wires above the chassis to designated area rather then under boards inside the chassis.

Mark
Stop making sense. Too simple!

I love simple. (LOL)
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Re: OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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I love simple too! That is a really funny GREAT idea. I wish we talked about this before I cut my last ones in so I could have control over an issue at the trem tube that is a new gain stage between the outputs and rectifryer.

Damnit! I guess I have wire and shrink cwrap... Neat idea though!
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Re: OT Lead Dress; pri vs. sec

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Well - one more cat amongst the pidgeons.

When you have to make a lead dress choice of which wires to run for any length around/across your chassis always keep the high IMPEDANCE wires short and put the longer wires in the low IMPEDANCE circuit. That will minimise cross coupling, feedback, noise pickup etc. problems.

Example: If due to layout /space problem you need to run long wires to either the tube anode or tube cathode then always put them on the cathode (low impedance) and keep the anode wires short.

High impedance circuit nodes are always the most susceptible to picking up unwanted signals.

Cheers,
Ian
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