Superior Instruments TV-11 User manual

OPERAIIl{G
INSIRUCIIONS
toRltoDEL
Tv-ll
, MANUfACTUREDBY
SUPTRIORI]{SIRUITITilIS
CO.
2435.41 White PloinsRoqd New York 67, N.Y.

THE fiODEt TV-ll k o modern Tube Tester
employins q newty-
inproved emi.tion iype chcuit. lt will quickly ond efiicienrty
teti the everincredsing
number
of tube typesusedin Rodio
ond W.
The
ModelTy-]1 will tet for quqlity
of emission.trwitt
oko
lest for 5hodsond leokogesond for noise due ro fdully etenenh
o.d looseinlehol conneclions.As exhoservices,thel odelry-ll
will ol5o
lestcondenseEfo. leokose
ond pilot lompsfor flonenr
Sihplin.ofion o{ swilching qnd con}roh hos enobled u3 ro
present operoling instructions
in simple, eosyio-unde6tond sryle.
On the tollowing poses, we hove illurtroted procedures
wherever
Po$ible. We su99e5t
you 5tudythe doto ond the instroment
ponel
before
you ollempt
to usetheunit, The lO minures youspendin
doing 50 ll be welt inveted for if you ocquire o proper lnder
stondinqof how lhk unit workr, it will become your mosrfrequently
usedondindirpen3oble
tool.
Li&eoll inproved emir5iontype resreE,
rhe Model W-tt pro-
yides
rheoeons of mokingthe threebosi. ierrr:
Testr
tor 5hodsond leokoget
Tesllor quolitylcood? Bod)
ll k olwoys besr to proceed with ,he shod ond leokose re3r
ffrst ond lhen Jollowihrough with quolily tert. tl ii odvi3oblero do
50 becouseo ':hoded" lube would be identiffed os 5uch when
naking the short ond leokoge test. lf 3u.h o tube were re+ed for
qloliry ffBt. it could domose lhe heter beyondrepoir.
2.
3.
t.
2

TOTESTA TUBE
FORSHORTS
qnd TEAKAGES
rr0 vorla.c.
power
ine.
u,EuE,
Ihrow ihc hokose swikh
!p ro rhe rube pori,ior
"n
"-tr'"
rion 'lide 'wn.h dowi ro rhe rfi ,he ]i,e odi6r
d rhe _;e odilr"
Turn tha tiloned swikh ro rhe
in rhe F ord N

TO
TEST
A TUBEFORSHORTSondIEAKAGES
(CONTINUEDI
l:cEl
a ----__J
rf5ed rhe rvbe ido ib .ored ro.ld. 3e espe(oly !o,ei!l wirh 7 pii slb min rypes. Ihe
Lrt)l
CEIG]g
w'x$t 6,
GFB'D
w
@","
nide 5wir.h ro rhe _shon'
Rc
odlun rhe ' ineodiun'
rcinor Gcp /r5),ir n&*
t@
, leKep' rhde pre"Dlsry prted rn 'rie F or ' N posi'ioi5)
-t !s!r sb! 9! eltr 913!!9!!:l:! ! 'h: U9!:! 9p!!.!!.!!r-e!4! !i ltg r!.! {9!!

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0
I
s
E
i:iii:iit
:,,..r,
tiiia{
Plus o poir of mqgneticphoneslcry+ol phones won't dol inlo the
ohoneidck morked noiseJesl.
l_t
Next, t;llow pro<edures
Shorlr
ond Leqloses"
"REG" posilion.
I to 12 os outlinedin tesislor "To TertFor
except 4 posilion slide switchit moved ro
Now, move eoch lever indjviduollyup io the "P" posilion,topping
the tube os you do so. Tube!, which ore microphonicdue to loose
elemeniso. touchi.s elemenls,will couse o pinsins sound in the
phoner. Ihis "pins" will be heordsuperimpored
obove,he hum
of the tube if humispresenl.

w
Iurn rhe Lineodur"
'' ineodiun nd* dppeoriis
o
oPlo.e rhe reve. N @unos io rhelr
Plo.e thc lever swikh
in rhe k po5irion.

EFOR
QUAtITY
@
lnse.r
rherubeifro
arrow or leon 15 5e.ondsror rhe tube
(b--@
o,",",,,.
@
Reodiun ,he lineddiun
odrcl Ghp #3) if i<*
@.-
rhe
,e[ii9 iDdno,ed
oi rhe
rol .ho, if rhe lood'
Move rhe 4 posirion run.rioi
or" po5irioi. ll the re[er
'i oppeo^ olrer the ' P
nlde s*ir.hro rhe spa.ioL'
Reod rhe qqdliry or
cre seti,erFonorory,
nove or orl, the nouble roy be due ro dn
Yerny, .hc(t lor lilohed
ofier someof rhe
Not€A-Reodins obove
l0 iso.K.
Nore E Reodinsabove 20 is O.k.
Nde c Pin
#r k mi5riis
TOTESTFORFILAMENTCONTINUITY
swir.hes
li5iedin
pdriu.i *hen rhe orher n ln rhe l( po5ir
on.

EXAMPI.E
OFA TYPICAL TUBETEST
lype 3525
-\/ Inred rherine.ord ido oiy Il0 vo r A.c. power
sourte.
o rhe o." po3 io..
\/ rhrow rhe ,l posirion ilidio to rhe " iie" posirioi.
\/ rlm rhe
" ine.odiun .odror udi rhender iidkoresd he riie-odiun'ruk
l Rororerhe rol e 3525oppeor. I wit] reod,
!!: F:!-!:l:: : ll J- !ee{
352353X-7
v Tri rherironenr!vir.h ro
ihc 35 vor position.
v PaG 'he
#,
l Po.e rhe #3 leverii rhe
"N position.
\' rEqr rhe rubc ii!, rh. odo
V Reodiunrhe
' line.odiun'
v Rororeihe "oo.r" .onro do.kwi5edsfor osn.oi so lpon tot.
rundion
nidc 5w .h
\/ one or o ,ine. nove ec.h rcv* 5wi'rhceep' l, ond l/3) neody sloe (id d
bnedtry nosh)whenrhc rwncher 'P posirion
iidLoteso
K. p05irion
6crore you proGed
1i7 teYet wi ishl p
nr #2 ond ,i7,whi.h (os
indkded ri
rhe dn coruhD
or rhe roI .hon).
!!!l crrcrFoR
euAr.,r),
V teove rhe power swir(h in the on polirion.
V LeoYe ihe rironenrsvirrh
v recrerhe
#? eYerii rhe r posnion,
v redveihe #3 hver ; rhe
"N. po5irioi.
v Po(e rhe
15 laYerin
v Leo'e cll rhe orhe, re,"^ down in rfe x posi|on.
v Thfoerhe
-4-po!irion.l!ndi
V ser rhe oad .oiror dr 3 os iDdi.o,ed in rhe " odd rotumD
or rhe ,ot rhon.
v Reddrhe qu6iry ol rre lub
NOrE Someiubes,espe.ioryhtgh yolose
oodsetrii9ot r0,hovedi enremeryhish
ferkrdire. A reodtns
or ro ror rheserlbes e ol rhariitns5.re ostotowsl
oboye t0 ir o.K.
Noh 3 -Readiis dbove
?0 is o.K.
Norec Pii #l i3 nissins.

TO TESTCONDENSERS
FORTEAKAGES
The Model TV-ll providesmeonsfor lesling Poper,
.eromi. ond
mi(o condensers
for leokose.
A -_____
,Al r\_ al
!t llr--. ' ,9 ,E ,V I rl
|;'t | ilE I ll il,
i
I r"* r I rh."* rh. pod "-ir.h I rh'ok rhe 'oros' r-n(h
| -y rro v.'. ao,va. | .ebB!."eo.rron l dowi
b rhe
'
ondenFi
I A.c-ri"". I I Ponnon
ion lo.ffil
illle€'l
| | ll I By reod\..o"na!, rh"
|'-'E'- |-u,.elt,i'l,.l.
ii-,i+.i'x*}itl
I | .oider.e/. te.loeesin .ondencE
!p ro.l nrd.shouldber.$
h r\rc* rh"4 pdir:6nr"".'r"" I r_, I p., .e.ond. vorue!
j ,lide vi'(\ do'n o ihe I Derse.ond
wnhoul
I rrne
F,lro-. I D"" r. 'h..,h,rh.nh.,en.
eo\oee.ere(r,oryrn.ondeirl
1l I cdnnor
be 'enedii rhn .irdi'.
I
l To rEsr
PItor tAMPs
I The Model TV-l I permits testing oll lvPes of pilot lomPs.
io-'+,u,-F',,1:*,ffi
il l@$l .lL
I L-r I o"
li i:r':"i'i,JT.;13 | lltil",ii:,r'
t qd. A.( trne. I p6d,oi.
I'
A rO ffiit
lt l' /)ft,,\
t- li'w! | '\ry
| 1* ^-.._--.,,' | ,^-' ,h. |ca b b. h*
I l,',li.:L:.:l.'Ei,jli.'::ii:;
.1'"tI:
lr sdrh. nl.'"d '.lr.se iwir.hrorhepiror I terninoL
l, rhe lomPis
sooa,
irwilLLishr

SERVICENOTESFOR
ilODEI lY-ll
l. lnobiliiylo brins meleriidicolor post ya scole
durinqline-volrose
.ontroJodiuslmentit usuollyduelo lhe.5mtd.lillercondenser.Itmoy
2.
3.
5.
7.
8.
be
"open" orbrokenowoy.
Jumpy
ociion
duringline-voliqqe
qdiu+neni
indicdlestheJine'voltdge
corholisburnedout. (Usuolly dueto mku5e).
Duringledkogetes}
- if neon slows
constonlly
o. one posirio.
(lsuolly
the
cdthodelihe oodconnolhosnol beenturned
lo exireme
clockwlse
posiiion
osinslrlcted.
lf goodtubestest 'weok" or "reploce",
thehoubleisusuollydueto
chqngeinvolueofihe 15,000ohh resktor.
Reploce
with
good
15,000
resisiororshunlwitho I50,000
ohmresisior.
Good tube5with q hish filomentdfoin slch q5 the 5U4 will reod
"reploce"
if thelinevoiloqeconkolhos
notbeen
properly
re-odiusted
ofterrubehdswohed up. See instruciions.
Neonindicotorsholld
never
slowif io llbe isinse ed in onyot the
sockeis.ll il does,d shorihosdevelopedin oneof thesockeh.Thk
foull moy oc.ur ofle. yeo6 of operotion. lf ii does, write to us for
In-operotivelineodiuslment
coihol is usudllydue to o breok in
the iumperlocoted
betweenlhe leverswitche5
qnd the.5 nfd.
A Ioinislow in theneonindicotor
on djl positionr mqy
be cousedby
.ondensotion
of moisilrebetweenthe contocho{ the 7 prong
s!b-
n'nioturesocket.Thi5
condiiioncon occurin ve.y h!mid weother.
lo coiiect,simply
cleonsocketwithCo'bonqor denoruredolcohol.
REPI.ACEMENT
PARISTISTFORMODELTV-I
I
Roll
Chq4................. .$1.00
lTo keep your tube
CompleteMeier .. ... . ... $9.50
LineYolloge
Conhol. . .......... $2.50
LoodConlrol .$1.00
Sockek
{eoch)
........... . ................. .50
350Ohm3 Wdit Resisro ........ .. .50
NeonSulb................. .. .2s
l0 Gqns levero3renbly
complere .... .........94.00
Tronsformer
.......... --_ _-_ - ....$7.50
Filohenl
SeleclorSwltch
..
.................. . .....
92.00
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