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11-20-2019, 02:00 PM
Hi Steve
Did you build the safety socket for your test bench? It's basically light bulbs that are in series with the thing you wanna test and it works great! I used to blow up a lot of fuses testing things I built - although I've gotten better at building things that don't blow the fuse the first time
I got TUT3 a while back and there is a suggestion to build a little bit then test it, then build more. Actually maybe that was in the Standard project from TUT5? Anyway, it makes sense to start with the power supply and test it. Once you know it is working okay you can forget about it when you build the next part and power it up from the supply. You still need the light bulbs as you go through the step by step building and testing. When you get to the part of adding tubes you need to increase the wattage of the bulb cuz of the heaters.
I don't blow fuses when I use the light bulb protector. Once you feel sure that everything is working, you can bypass the light bulbs and just be on fuse protection. It's cool even though maybe it takes a bit longer than just shovelling everything together ans slamming on the juice
Did you build the safety socket for your test bench? It's basically light bulbs that are in series with the thing you wanna test and it works great! I used to blow up a lot of fuses testing things I built - although I've gotten better at building things that don't blow the fuse the first time
I got TUT3 a while back and there is a suggestion to build a little bit then test it, then build more. Actually maybe that was in the Standard project from TUT5? Anyway, it makes sense to start with the power supply and test it. Once you know it is working okay you can forget about it when you build the next part and power it up from the supply. You still need the light bulbs as you go through the step by step building and testing. When you get to the part of adding tubes you need to increase the wattage of the bulb cuz of the heaters.
I don't blow fuses when I use the light bulb protector. Once you feel sure that everything is working, you can bypass the light bulbs and just be on fuse protection. It's cool even though maybe it takes a bit longer than just shovelling everything together ans slamming on the juice
