Triad HS-52 OPT 20K-600

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CJ

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you will find this classic transformer inside the Fairchild 670 ,

it has a close cousin, the HS-50 which is found in the Pultec MEQ-5 equalizer,

this guy is a push pull,

note: Fairchild 670 has the HS-52 wired out of phase, so the terminal numbers of the pri will be reversed on the schematic, this is done to flip the inverted signal back after passing through the single stage of the 6386 tubes,

at what frequency did they spec the 26 DBM power level at? this thing craps out at 16 when checked at 20 Hz,

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we have a sample of this transformer under a different p/n,

nice to know if you go shopping,

 

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here is a primary inductance curve,

looks like we have 80 Ni instead of the rumored 50/50 alloy,

this is revealed by the saturation voltage which equates with the K-gauss saturation specs for Supermalloy and similar core material,
 

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we could not get the primary into full saturation with 24 volts, so we use the lower turns of the sec. to get the B-max cookin, (less turns = more flux)

 

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Could it have been stacked with the wrong lams, the label has the top cut off where is should say Triad HS-52.
 
Dear CJ,

Do you have a compilation data doc. of ALL your really interesting transformer investigation and analysis? (or a link for that!!)

That will be nice to get this in order to make ours own transformer!

Thanks
Opacheco.



CJ said:
you will find this classic transformer inside the Fairchild 670 ,

it has a close cousin, the HS-50 which is found in the Pultec MEQ-5 equalizer,

this guy is a push pull,

note: Fairchild 670 has the HS-52 wired out of phase, so the terminal numbers of the pri will be reversed on the schematic, this is done to flip the inverted signal back after passing through the single stage of the 6386 tubes,

at what frequency did they spec the 26 DBM power level at? this thing craps out at 16 when checked at 20 Hz,

here is the print>
 
CJ said:
i will stick all the links in the xfmr meta........

CJ,
Great! I appreciate all your transformers investigations studies and  bisections too....jajajaja!!
Stipend Work!!
Opacheco.
 
CJ,
Thanks for these! Have you dissected all of the Fairchild's iron by now?

How do you determine what material the core is made of on these dissections? Calculation based on turns, inductance, etc?
 
just adding a piece of the catalog page, no need to get excited,return to your homes, nothing to see here, just need to link info to a PM as no uploading of images is allowed thru PM's,
 

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Hey @CJ , is it true that this transformer is not suitable for SE output? Not even for “small” current circuits like BA-2A?
On the can it states max dc current 12.5ma. Does that only valid for push pull circuits?
 
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Hi CJ i have an out of topic question. I’ve a trafo that the more level you push inside it the better the low freq response, if the signal level is lower and lower it lose low freqs. What phenomen is it? What’s the cause?
Thanks!
 

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