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Bottlehead Kits => Moreplay => Topic started by: greg788 on October 09, 2022, 04:19:51 PM

Title: 3 ohm resistors (4x) upgrade
Post by: greg788 on October 09, 2022, 04:19:51 PM

Is it worth upgrading the four 3-ohm 2 watt resistors feeding power to the 6V6 plates? If so, should I go with wirewound, carbon film, metal film, etc.?

Title: Re: 3 ohm resistors (4x) upgrade
Post by: Paul Birkeland on October 09, 2022, 04:43:36 PM

Those resistors drop the heater voltage down to about 6V from the higher voltage winding on the power transformer.  They are 100% completely out of the audio signal path, so upgrading them would be purely for cosmetic purposes.