TRIODE ELECTRONICS 1987 50W PLEXI LAYOUT

Pilot Bright Normal

Power Stand-By Presence Bass Middle Treble
Light Volume Volume
A 5K L 1M A 25K L 250K L
1M A 1M A

0.1uF
P1

P1 P2
1M 1M

B G1 G2
WHITE (230V)
BLACK (120V)

RED
RED

YELLOW

YELLOW

50KL

500pF

470K
470K
8.2K 2W

68K

68K
68K

68K
K
220

220
220K

10K
ORANGE (220V)

F
33+33uF
BROWN (240V)

2.7K

25V
0.022uF

0.022uF
0.022uF

0.68u
0.022uF

0.022uF
0.022uF

0.022uF
GRN/YEL

450V
RED/YEL

0.1uF

10K 2W

0.68uF

820
GREEN

GREEN

100K

220uF
47K

820
10uF
150V

150V
10uF
BLUE

8.2K 2W

500pF
47K

470
1M

K
1M

0K
82K
K

100
100

10
47pF 33K
15K
10K 2W
Choke
G1 G2
OT CT
C
5.6

5.
K

6K
1W

1W

6 6 1 1 1
5 7 5 7 9 2 9 2 2
9
5W 5W 3 3 3

100K
4 1K 8 4 1K 8 8 8 8
4 4 4
3 1 1 7 7 7
Cap Mounted 2 3 6 5 6 5 6 5
2
Horizontally on 1R 1R
1W 1W
Side of Chassis C
B
OT PRIMARY

(Common)
OT SECONDARY
16 Ohms
8 Ohms
4 Ohms

N L
E

P2
A SPEAKER
MAINS FUSE A.C. POWER H.T. FUSE OUTPUT
3A SB for 120V 500mA
2A SB for 220V or 240V

Bias Adjustment for EL34's: Notes:

1) With speaker load connected, turn power “ON” and let tubes warm up. *Check Polarity (+ & -) of all Electrolytic Capacitors.
Switch standby to "ON." *You may need to lightly sand the back of the potentiometers to be
able to solder the bus wire correctly.
2) Set your meter to the Highest DC volts setting (600V or higher), and put *All Resistors are 1/2W Unless Noted
the common (ground) lead on one of the chassis mounting nuts or *Power Transformer: 40-18033
alligator clip it to the chassis. Touch the positive lead to Pin 3 (plate) of *Output Transformer: 40-18025
one of the EL34 power tube sockets. This is your Plate Voltage. Write it *Choke: 40-18058 (3H), 40-18059 (20H), or 40-18032 (5H)
down.
*BE VERY CAREFULL WITH THIS STEP (HIGH VOLTAGES PRESENT)* For Technical Questions or Comments, Email us at: [email protected]

3) EL34's are 25 watts maximum dissipation and you want to set the bias
to 70% max dissipation. (70% = 17.5 watts) Divide your desired wattage by
the plate voltage that you wrote down from step 2. (example: 17.5/440 = .
040 or 40mV) This is your desired bias voltage (probably between 35 and PINOUTS
45 mV).
6CA7/EL34 12AX7 / ECC83
4) Set your meter to lowest DC Volts setting (200mV or less) and touch the
common (ground) lead to the grounded side of the 1 ohm resistor coming
off of Pin 1 and the positive lead to the Pin 1 side. Adjust the bias
potentiometer until the bias voltage you calculated from from Step 3 is
achieved.

Plate voltage will change a little when adjusting the bias, so you may need
to take another reading from Pin 3 and adjust your equation accordingly
and repeat steps 3 & 4.