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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #45 on: May 07, 2010, 01:09:59 PM »
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Be careful with 120 vdc field wiring, it can burn and/or kill.
In fact, high DC voltages are even more dangerous than wall outlets.

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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #46 on: July 15, 2010, 05:51:35 PM »
And then their was two...
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2010, 12:32:37 AM »
And then their was two...

What is the run time.......and what type of battery.... is it internal or external.... seriously cool...  I already have way to much gear but this is intriguing........ man the wife would be pissed...

Let me pose the next logical question....is there one in development with switchable pattern control for multi pattern tube mics?

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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2010, 08:52:53 AM »
pulls about 400mA or so


runs on external 9-16V DC -> you can use SLA, Tekkeon's, DVD batt's, etc


I should be able to add a pattern control(s).






 
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #49 on: July 16, 2010, 09:38:03 AM »
mine powers the Telefunken usa tubes for about 4-4.5 hrs off one Tekkeon 3450. 
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #50 on: July 16, 2010, 10:51:20 AM »
My old Atwater-Kent used two batteries, A and B
"A" voltage was for filament and it came from the A-battery; "B" voltage fed the plates and (oddly) came from the B-battery.  (B+)
Sometimes a "C" cell was used to power grids, but usually a rheostat could provide it, tapped off of the B+ line.

Then the power company came along an put up all those dag-burned poles and it all changed.
Lot of good men lost putting up those wires, back in the day, yessiree.
No one even remembers the sacrifices made to bring utilities to these here parts atall.





Be careful with 120 vdc field wiring, it can burn and/or kill.
In fact, high DC voltages are even more dangerous than wall outlets.
Not exactly true. 60Hz ac is the most lethal to the heart tissues because it dirupts the electrical activity of the heart at much lower current levels than DC. DC is more likely to induce the "cannot let go" response because it affects the nervous system and tends to lock up motor activity. Either can cause severe burns at the site of contact.

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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #51 on: July 16, 2010, 11:33:32 AM »
pulls about 400mA or so


runs on external 9-16V DC -> you can use SLA, Tekkeon's, DVD batt's, etc


I should be able to add a pattern control(s).

Wow.........that is seriously cool... T+ final question, how much does one of these magic boxes cost....?
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #52 on: July 16, 2010, 12:10:45 PM »
So, you can have a variable intput, but I'm assuming you designed it for a constant DC output specific to the Telefunken mics it was designed to power(?) If you could then tweek the output to supply other mics on a custom basis, you might have something there.
I love the sound of tube mics. The U47 is still the greatest ever, right?
I wonder, though, in a blind test, if one were to run a good LD FET mic thru a tube pre, how much difference in that good 'ol tube sound would there be? 

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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #53 on: July 22, 2010, 02:33:48 AM »
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You are such a nerd.  Good work bro.
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #54 on: February 23, 2011, 09:34:42 PM »
Number 3 - For a pair of Gefell M582's





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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #55 on: February 24, 2011, 12:17:13 AM »
 :clapping: :cheers:  great job on figuring this all out.

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« Reply #56 on: February 24, 2011, 12:51:03 AM »
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #57 on: February 24, 2011, 10:27:44 AM »
Yer killing me.  I need a power supply for my toobes.   :'(

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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #58 on: February 24, 2011, 05:55:09 PM »
AWESOME Work guys!
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Re: powering tube mics in the field?
« Reply #59 on: March 01, 2011, 05:55:11 PM »
Number 3 - For a pair of Gefell M582's

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Looks great Richard.  Thank you for enabling me to run the Gefell tubes in the field!

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