Warning! Vacuum tube uses the dangerous voltage. Do not turn-on your devices without qualified help. High voltage is dangerous for your health and your life (risk of death).
Do not allow child to use your device!
All information on this web site is for adults only (18+) !
To start working with any electronic device you need a power supply. For our vacuum tube project we need DC output for 250-300V; our electrical grid is 220V AC 50 Hz (European standard). A lineal laboratory supply is an expensive device. It might be uncomfortable to invest about 1500$ at the beginning of your hobby project.
Let’s describe some basics principles and difficulties you may have with AC/DC supply.
I had a great journey to Germany in 2006 - 2008 where I met incredible people in Uni. Beuth Berlin (Fachbereich VI - Informatik & Medien, Labor für Prozess- und Systemtechnik) and I saw an insane hobby project - devices based on vacuum tubes. At 2006 I had no idea how it works, but I got this spirit of Hi-tech rebels. Now I’m working in to a great industrial center of Russia (Academpark of Novosibirsk scientific center) where I got some extra knowledge to my basic software developer skills. So happy to start the vintage amp project! Guys, I hope, you are reading me. I hope, this pages might be a useful gate to the soviet vacuum tech.