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Re: Silly bias question

Not so silly -

What you really want to know is the "bias current" thru the tube. As a way of assessing this current you can measure the voltage this current produces across a known resistor.

For example the Dynaco ST70 uses a 15.6 ohm cathode resistor. Since the intended bias current for a pair of output tubes is 100ma, using V=IR, 100ma = 0.1 amps across 15.6 ohms will produce 1.56 volts at the bias measurement jack.

Lastly, some schematics include the measured voltage at the grid as a "bias setting". In the case of the Dynaco ST70 example, this would be a measurement of -32v. This unfortunately varies with individual output tubes.






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