1000W Tube Amplifier Interference Pattern of the MV-Rectifiers

[elhigh]

Well, that beats the snot out of TV. Put on a little Fleetwood Mac, and watch the pretty lights.

[freemanx2x]

Is this because the signal out of each tube is inverted ? It looks like a standing wave pattern ...

[cengeb]

Did ya ever wonder if these tubes are "hard" with a large voltage drop and emitting -rays? Why not get a meter and see. I used tube rectifiers decades ago, when they age, they drop large volts across them emit lots of xrays..........really. It's your health...

[getbackgoodtimes]

This is for Chuck Norris only !

[justjoe469]

what makes the tubes glow blue smoke? and flicker? mine are orange when on

[MrMichaelLenz]

Can I play guitar on this amp ??? :D

[WauliPaulnuts]

This appears to be an audio amplifier being fed w/ a low freq. AF signal. The tubes seen glowing blue are the now-obsolete mercury vapor rectifiers used to feed the HV DC to the two final amplifier tubes (the HV anode connections to the top of the PA tubes can be seen just above the panel containg the meter). The orange glow of the PA tube's heaters are also visible there.

[omfgg3tlost]

1000watts at what ohms 8?

[histelek]

@omfgg3tlost 8 Ohms are connected, 10 ohms would be the exact load impedance

[Sprekitek]

I am assuming that this is an Audio amplifier?? Still, nice too see vintage gear kept in working order :)

[handsupbud]

With this I could rule the WORLD!!!!!!

[cayoharksen]

?????? e ai??????que dê o som, mais parece um compressor de ar para asmatico do que não sei o que.

[Zepp3849]

yeah... I was expecting some guitar riffs.

[FingerLickinGravy67]

holy shit acdc needed one of these at donington

[owen420]

nice

[JillmanVideo]

Real amplifiers glows in the dark!

[cassius969]

Is 1000 Watt the input or the output? 

[histelek]

@cassius969 output!

[Anyth2ng]

But -can I heat my house with it too?

[ipok77]

jamil,  this is tube amplifier,,,,better sound and clarity than transistor.,

[23Arachnid]

GREAT absolutely great

[xldh44]

well you lost me... what am I supposed to be impressed about?!!!

[Clebertj]

Coffe Machine and Amplifier!!! #LOL

[gmodderr]

That amp looks so damn badass

[Kirill92omsk]

Mercury rectifiers for rectifying the current supply for radio.

[cobra395]

lol it looks cool, you should just use it as a light :P

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

You have angered the tube gods. RUN AWAY!!!

[orange70383]

Almost the output of one of Ritchie Blackmores special made marshals

[Soothsayerman]

God we're all nerds! Staring at tubes! How cool is that?! Very interesting!

[JimBrinkley1]

I have a two-piece '48 SCOTT Model 800 Hi-Fi FM/AM/SW that includes a separate amplifier. The amp has about a dozen tubes alone. Needs restoration. Any collectors interested in it give me a shout at antmeeks60 at yahoo.com

[gatomas]

Yep it's a tetrode the mercury rect should be either screen or bias supply most likely bias the plate voltage is from 2000 or more volts hmm wait a moment, mercury rectifiers are for low voltage high current and this is a filament direct catode tube then they must be rectifiers for the filament voltage which must be DC to avoid any hum without the diagram or looking at the wireing I could only guess.

[RoccaforteAmps]

I love it!

[bbenge2003]

Would love to know more about these amps. Where did you get this? How old is it....and what was it originally used for? Stunning piece.

[tbsys31061]

uhh, mercury :D

[claycountyredneck]

It looks like a modulator out of an old AM radio transmitter. The tubes look like 3-500s or 4-400s

[douro20]

@claycountyredneck

It's an old Philips amplifier. They were all built to order, and were used mainly in stadiums and concert halls. The output tubes are QB3/750 transmitting tetrodes, driven very conservatively as I understand it. It was made to be run on 3-phase power.

[sparkyrocky12131963]

this is the frankenstien monster power supply that brings those dead folks to life

HEHEHEHEHEH LOL

[9Kolt]

What kind of lamps?

[srkh28]

the tubles look blue and cold. Is this normal for tubes? Ive always read tube are meant to be warm.

[YellowjacketSA]

@srkh28 The things that are glowing blue are Mercury Vapor Rectifiers, and that's how they look, just out of frame on this video are two large tube final amplifiers with a nice warm glow.

[srkh28]

@YellowjacketSA Very Cool! Nice amp.

[phoenix11994466]

The Tube-Amp Myth:. Well designed Transistor-Amps, produce extremely low noise & very low harmonic distortion..

Unfortunately, they also produce transient distortion, predominantly a 3rd, or uneven harmonic distortion, which for some, (including myself) find jarring to the ear, destroying the illusion.

Tube-Amps on the other hand, produce a ton of noise and predominantly 2nd, or even harmonic distortion, which simply sounds less offensive to the ear, and somehow enhances the illusion

[JohnnyX50]

are the two bulbous valves at the font diodes? the ones with the visible hot element, square plate and kidney shaped plasma round them??

[fatharmonix]

am i seing a super heterodyne?

[zipperfoot1]

Makes a nice UV and X-Ray source on the side.........

[uploadJ]

Once owned an HP 524D (all vacuum tube digital freq counter including multiple 5R4 rectifier tubes and utilizing a vertical 'readout' comprised of neon tubes behind 0 - 9 numerals) with the 'pre-scaling' plug-in making it good to 150 MHz ... used to use it to heat a room in winter while it was in use .. had a 10" (25.4 cm) cooling fan in the back for forced-air cooling!

Enjoyed the vid, thanks for making it ...

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[RBSGutgefahren]

Do you have a circuit fore this great amplifier?

[histelek]

no, I hope I will get one some day...

[MrSomeone4321]

nixie tube frequency counter :)

[beou1980]

electronics are just magic!!!

[akkudakkupl]

@beou1980 actually... they are science :-)

[supermanjamil1992]

I don't mean to be a jerk....but could someone please explain to me what this is and does??? I'm honestly curious as a guitarist.

[YellowjacketSA]

@supermanjamil1992 Its a very large very cool tube amplifier. It does the same thing your amp for your guitar does but on a larger scale

[miahvideo]

@supermanjamil1992

Its probably a vintage PA amplifier.

[gordon7443]

@supermanjamil1992

a year later I ask myself the same question? maybe it's a flux capacitor

ha ha another guitarist

[Spasmomen]

I've no idea what I just saw, but it was beautiful!

[Sreewtyui]

Very Cool



[claycountyredneck]

Why in the hell is this thing using mercury rectifiers?

The mercury arcing produces noise and the regulation is nothing to write home about.

It is impressive to look at

[nakayle]

@claycountyredneck

Your last sentence answers your question-  Silicon rectifiers are boring!!

And they give no visual indication that they are working or of the current load.

[JohnnyX50]

@nakayle I agree, valve technology still produces the best audio iv ever heard, its punchy, warm and pure bliss to listen to =]

[markd514]

@JohnnyX50

That is why progress tells us to go to harsh solid state, and even betterr sounding ipods with compressed music! lol I had some idiot actually use a telephone as his reference audio source.

[tetrodobeam]

Simpy nice!

[iamnaughty123]

possible interaction with the three phase power. I believe I read that this amplifier is on 3-phase electric power. But it doesn't seem to affect the output meter

[histelek]

Of course not. The dc-current is not affected by the processes within the rectifier. Especially because the tubes ionisise more gas with rising load, the output voltage is hold nearly stable. And a pulsing load affects a pulsing (contra) regulation process. And at low frequencies you can see this.

[Serostern]

@histelek DC current?

Direct current current?

[Triodus09]

Whaah! a V6 engine!

[Fendervana]

@Triodus09 In line 6, like a Supra.:)

[defmasterdawg]

damm just watching it startup gives me boner damm love the work on that how lang can it take to start up to for fill its fucntion

it looks sc fi