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Avo Valve Data Manual (C)

1. The document provides abbreviated operating instructions for a primary instrument and valve data setup. 2. It describes how to check the mains adjustment, set various switches and controls, insert a valve, and check its readings. 3. Procedures are outlined for measuring anode current, mutual conductance, gas, diodes, and rectifiers.

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604 views2 pages

Avo Valve Data Manual (C)

1. The document provides abbreviated operating instructions for a primary instrument and valve data setup. 2. It describes how to check the mains adjustment, set various switches and controls, insert a valve, and check its readings. 3. Procedures are outlined for measuring anode current, mutual conductance, gas, diodes, and rectifiers.

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ABBREVIATEDOPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS PRIMARYINSTRUMENT&VALVEDATA*SETUP Checkmainsadjustmenttapandplugtheinstrumentintothemains. SetCIRCUITSELECTORtoCHECK(C)andsetELECTRODESELECTORtoa'. SetHEATERVOLTStovalueindicatedinValveData*. SetGRID,SCREENandANODEVOLTStovalueindicatedinValveData*. SetVALVEPINSELECTORStovalueindicatedinValveData*andensurethelinksaretight. WithLEAKAGEswitchsetto~.ThemAmeterpointerwillnowmoveacrossthescaleandcometorestneartheblackregionoftheinsulation scale,denotingzeroohms.RotatetheSET~controluntilthemetrepointerisasnearaspossibletothered~inthemiddleofthisblackscale marking.Iftheinitialsettingofthemainsvoltageiscorrect,itwillbepossibleforthemeterpointertomoveeithersideofthered~usingthe SET~control. ALLVALVES InsertValve(makinganytopcapconnections). FullyrotateLEAKAGEswitch.Checkheatercontinuityath(C)andinsulationonallotherpositions. SetCIRCUITSELECTORtoCHECK(H)tomeasureleakagewithvalvehot. TurnCIRCUITSELECTORtoc/hINStomeasureleakagebetweenheaterandcathodewithvalvehot,(Ifvalveisindirectlyheated).

AVOV.C.M.163VALVECHARACTERISTICMETER

TRIODES,DOUBLETRIODES,DOUBLETRIODEPENTODES,PENTODES,DIODEPENTODES&TETRODESINSIMILARCOMBINATION
ANODECURRENTSetELECTRODESELECTORtoa'andCIRCUITSELECTORtoTEST.ThemA/Vmetershouldtheindicate"AnodeCurrent".ReducemA switchsettingifrequired.NOTEIftheblueOVERLOADlampisilluminated,switchoffandcheckforincorrectsettingofVALVEPIN SELECTORswitchorotherpanelcontrolsaspertheValveData*.Ifallarecorrectandthebluelampcontinuestoshowwheninstrumentis switchedonagain,thenthevalveisprobably"soft"andtestingshouldbediscontinued. MUTUAL Withallcontrolssetasforanode,themutualconductancewillbeindicatedonthespecialmA/Vmeter.Tousethecomparisonscale,setthe CONDUCTANCE NominalmA/VcalibratedscaletothemutualconductancefigureintheValveData*.Ifthemutualconductanceislessthat50%ofthisfigure themeterpointerwilllieintheredofthescaleandarejectedvalvewillbeindicated.Formultiplevalvescheckdataifdifferentforother sections.SettheCIRCUITSELECTORswitchbacktoc/hINSandsetupappropriatevoltagesfornextsection.SettheELECTRODE SELECTORtoa''andtherepeatfora'''ifapplicable. GASTEST TomeasuregridcurrentsetCIRCUITSELECTORtoGAS.Meterwillnowshowgascurrent,fullscaleindicationbeing100A . DIODES TocheckdiodesturnontheELECTRODESELECTORtoad'andmAswitchto1mAonD/Rscale(unlessotherwiseindicatedinValve Data*).TurnCIRCUITSELECTORtoTEST.TheconditionofthevalvewillbegivenontheREPLACE/GOODscale.Formultiplediodes checkasrequiredatad'',ad''',ad''''positionsoftheELECTRODESELECTOR. RECTIFIERS Tocheckrectifiers,setELECTRODESELECTORtoad'andsetanodeloadinginValveData*onD/RsectionofthemAswitch.Turn CIRCUITSELECTORtoTEST.TheconditionofthevalvewillbegivenontheREPLACE/GOODscaleofthemAmeter.Loadreadingisper anode.Checkfullwaverectifiersatpositionad'andad''ofELECTRODESELECTORswitch. ATCOMPLETIONOFTESTS,ALLSWITCHESSHOULDBESETTOTHEIRLOWESTVALUE VALVEDATAVALVETYPEABBREVIATIONS

CCR=ColdCathodeRectifier/D=Diode/DD=DoubleDiode/DDD=TripleDiode/DDDD=QuadrupleDiode/DT=DiodeTriode/DDT =DoubleDiodeTriode/DP=DiodeTriode/DDT=DoubleDiodeTriode/DP=DiodePentode/DDP=DoubleDiodePentode/ H=HeptodeorHexode/N=Nonode/O=Octode/P=PentodeorTetrode/PP=DoublePentodeorDoubleTetrode/T=Triode/ TH=TriodeHeptodeorTriodeHextode/THY=Thyratron/TP=TriodePentode/TT=DoubleTriode/TTT=TripleTriode/ R=HalfWaveRectifier/RR=FullWaveRectifier. *referstothe"AVOVALVEDATAMANUALFORTYPEVCM.163".

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