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Re: Grid Bias Adjustment on 475A


 

Okay, I've examined R1375 (with the power off, and I'm not sure where to probe for anything other than that center tap on the pot, so I can't really answer whether it's seeing the full +50 V at one of the outer terminals) but the pot seems (to my uneducated eye) to be acting strangely. I was able to find a pad that is connected to the center tap of the pot, so I measured its resistance between center tap and ground, and between center tap and the +50 V rail, as I turn the pot through its range. It starts a effectively zero ohms (0.001 K ohm), goes up to about 6 K ohms, then drops down again to around 2 K ohms. The schematic says this is a 25 K ohm pot, so shouldn't I expect it to go from 0 to 25 K ohms?

If it turns out that the pot is dead, I guess that's good, but I don't relish the idea of removing the main interface board to unsolder and replace this trim pot.

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