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Κάποιοι λένε πως με regulated DC έχεις λιγότερο θόρυβο (ενώ κάποιοι χρησιμοποιούν ακόμα και μπαταρίες).
Άλλοι λένε πως το να βάλεις DC είναι άδικος κόπος (και κόστος).
Το έψαχνα λίγο και βρήκα ένα ενδιαφέρον thread στο diyaudio.
DC Filament power supply
Μου κίνησε το ενδιαφέρον ένα συγκεκριμένο επιχείρημα υπέρ της χρήσης AC:
Άλλοι λένε πως το να βάλεις DC είναι άδικος κόπος (και κόστος).
Το έψαχνα λίγο και βρήκα ένα ενδιαφέρον thread στο diyaudio.
DC Filament power supply
Μου κίνησε το ενδιαφέρον ένα συγκεκριμένο επιχείρημα υπέρ της χρήσης AC:
Generally filaments can last longer with AC than DC. If you look at the specifications given by some bulb manufacturers, they quote a shorter lifetime for DC. This is apparently due to a phenomenon called "notching". If you examine a bulb filament near the end of it's life, there are small notches near to one end (can't remember which end).
Whether this has any relevance to tube filaments, at their lower temperatures, I don't know.
Εσείς τι λέτε;Indeed the AC's alternating behaviour prevents notching.
It has sort of a cleaning effect preventing heater and cathode to stick together.
Notching occurs most often at the top of the inverted V filament,which seems logical to me since that's where it is closest to the cathode.
Some special winding of the heaters (such as in the 300B) was especially developped to heat the cathode as evenly as possible.
Other constructions exist,just to say that the heater to cathode relationship is VERY important to the end result you can expect from a tube.
Most change their characterics completely when changing parameters here.(current starvation over- and undervoltage etc.)