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hi guys, hope its OK to post this here. Bought this a week ago at a car boot. thought it looked interesting and was possibly some kind of Valve testing jig. I've been looking into doing valve replacement and amp repair and thought it might come in useful if it was (and it was only a 5er).

Anyway I've been looking all over trying to find out what it is and no luck!

was hoping one of you guys might know something about it.



cheers
BH

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[quote name='planer' timestamp='1426351450' post='2717247']
I would suggest that looks like a kit-built valve amp, sans valves.

Sorry, I can't be more help though. Looks like a good find for a boot sale :-)
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+1

Can't see anything that would work as a test rig there but it certainly looks like a good contender for being an amp. :)

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Looks like an amplifier to me, some pretty substantial transformers in it. Very well built, very tidy. The price was right a good buy, buy of the year in fact. Need to get a multimeter and start probing - what HT (B+) voltages is it set up for. With that info we can work out what valves it will work with. Nice project.

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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1426377446' post='2717548']
Could it be an RF amp, for driving a radio transmitter aerial..? Short wave, or similar..?
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If it's an RF amp, I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to fire it up and start poking around - RF burns can be pretty nasty.

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thanks a lot for the help guys.

i wont start voltage checking etc until i know more in that case. Really don't know a lot about RF stuff at all.

what part of is the burny part japanaxe?

cheers Gelfin thats appreciated

ill sign up to hi fi site also and post a few things there, does anyone know any good forums?


thanks
BH

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