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Soft Start Option


 

Hi, What are the real world possibillities here? Variac? Electronic
time delay? Other?

Best,

RC in VT


 

Hi Robert,

The driver for the feature was choke input supplies fed by vacuum tubes - these will warm up over a few seconds rather than "spike" straight away and it's a good way to soften the start.

There are other soft start schemes, i.e. old schematics for linear amplifiers using a resistor in the line feed which is shorted by a relay after a couple of seconds, or the modern way of doing this with NTC thermistors. However, PSUD doesn't do an accurate model of these.

Regards,
Duncan


 

I use the? Harbach Electronics "soft start" module.


 

hello
Have a look for something simple, working for years...

73s
Dom


 

Hmm..."something simple, working for years..."

I've been doing that for years with a different topology/method that is
also something simple:

Power Amp: Two switches...switch on the filaments first, then after an
appropriate delay - actually the sequence below for the Preamp, switch on
the rectifier/HV.

Preamp: Two switches, two powerstats (variacs), one each in front of
filament and HV/rectifier trafos...

Filament switch ON, power up gradually with powerstat, then...

HV switch ON, count to 30 with fingers (:)), power up gradually with
powerstat

Works great, no PCBs, no other stuff (relays, time delay modules, etc.)!

Best, 73 etc.,

RC

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On Fri, 14 May 2021 08:10:14 -0700, "f1frv" <f1frv@...> wrote:
hello
Have a look for something simple, working for years...
[1]
73s
Dom

Links:
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[1]
[2] /g/duncanampspsud/message/60
[3]
mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bduncanampspsud%5D%20Soft%20Start%20Option
[4]
mailto:f1frv@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bduncanampspsud%5D%20Soft%20Start%20Option
[5] /mt/81400426/90558
[6] /g/duncanampspsud/post
[7] /g/duncanampspsud/editsub/90558
[8] mailto:[email protected]
[9]
/g/duncanampspsud/leave/8998765/90558/306449312/xyzzy


 

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The simplest Soft Start circuit I have seen is in the Ameritron AL-1200.

73, Dick, W1KSZ


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Chambers <rchamber@...>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 4:42 PM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [duncanampspsud] Soft Start Option
?
Hmm..."something simple, working for years..."

I've been doing that for years with a different topology/method that is
also something simple:

Power Amp: Two switches...switch on the filaments first, then after an
appropriate delay - actually the sequence below for the Preamp, switch on
the rectifier/HV.

Preamp:? Two switches, two powerstats (variacs), one each in front of
filament and HV/rectifier trafos...

???? Filament switch ON, power up gradually with powerstat, then...

???? HV switch ON, count to 30 with fingers (:)), power up gradually with
powerstat

Works great, no PCBs, no other stuff (relays, time delay modules, etc.)!

Best, 73 etc.,

RC

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On Fri, 14 May 2021 08:10:14 -0700, "f1frv" <f1frv@...> wrote:
> hello
> Have a look for something simple, working for years...
> [1]
> 73s
> Dom
>
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> [2] /g/duncanampspsud/message/60
> [3]
>
mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bduncanampspsud%5D%20Soft%20Start%20Option
> [4]
>
mailto:f1frv@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bduncanampspsud%5D%20Soft%20Start%20Option
> [5] /mt/81400426/90558
> [6] /g/duncanampspsud/post
> [7] /g/duncanampspsud/editsub/90558
> [8] mailto:[email protected]
> [9]
> /g/duncanampspsud/leave/8998765/90558/306449312/xyzzy