CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION
Lampemètre FC 2010
Test your valves TSF, TV & hi-fi
by Christian Fabert (Sepellière44)

Part 2

Then proceed to mount the tube supports, the matrix,

V. Construction potentiometers, switches, fuse holders and LCD
For a precise image of the sizes, all the plans displays.
mentioned below are available in PDF format on the Wire the tube supports as shown in Figure 31.
author's website: http://tsfsepelliere44.e-monsite.com Connect all the pins 1 together, same as pins 2, 3, etc.
( pdf links can be found at the at the end of the document)
Then connect the pins from 1 to 10 on the "column"
a. Front panel construction part of the matrix. We can use figure 29 for wiring the
matrix.
It is 20/10 thick aluminum and measures 435 x 315 Then fix the transformers and the printed circuits.
mm. To avoid long and tedious tracing, use the layout Wire the potentiometers. switches, transformers and
plans as shown in Figure 14 (Facadel.pdf and fuses with the help of the diagram in figure 30.
Facadel.pdf plans). The printed circuits and the layout of the components
The diameters of the drill holes for the supports are are shown in FIGS. 32 to 37.
given for information only because they depend on
the support models used. Point all axes using a center Figure 28 gives the template of the matrix.
punch. The cutouts of the displays and the matrix will
be traced using a cutter.
The tube supports will be drilled using tools (cookie
cutter. Conical cutter, or stepped forest), see Figure
13. The rectangular cuts will be made with a jigsaw
equipped with a blade for aluminum. The rest of the
drilling will be done using forests. Figure 15 shows
the finished front panel with all of its cutouts.

Construction of the selection matrix

Use 16/10 'and 8/10' epoxy glass (recovery of
defective printed circuits during engraving, for
example), brass laminated bars and a few screws to fix Figure 13. - Tools for cutting tube bases.
them. Next page, 4/10 scale:
Figure 14. - Plan of the cutouts and holes in your
Brass laminated bars should be reduced by 7 to 6 mm panel.
(Figure 16). Figure 15. - The finished panel with its cutouts.
Figures 17 to 26 show all the details of this
construction.
The drilling plan as well as that of the assembly are
available in PDF format on the Web site.

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The rest of the wiring will be

done in accordance with the plans
of Figures 4 to 6 of the first part.
I hope that the construction of
this tester will bring you all
satisfaction and especially the
pleasure of having built it
yourself.
(*) I would like to thank Jean-
Paul Delattre for providing the
1% resistances.
Christian Fabert (Sepellière44)
NB - To carry out this construction, the
reader must have access to a well-
equipped mechanical workshop. This
implies a drill press equipped with a very
stable plate, because a matrix, "hacked” -
with the hand drill would be even more a
source of setbacks than the disc switches
of the Metrix.

Figure 16 - Finishing of brass laminated bars.

Figures 17 to 20. - Details of the stages in the construction of your matrix.

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Figures 21 to 26. - Continuation of the detailed stages of construction of your matrix..

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Laminé laiton Ouverture façade

6 x 2,5 mm Cotonnes

Pion de
Vis 3 mm TF sélection
Verre époxy
 • o •• • •• • Cale ép. 2,5 mm 16/1V
Mat. isolante
 • • • • • • • • • 78x 9 mm
Laminé laiton
6 x 2.5 mm
 • • a • • • • • • perçage
10 trous Verre époxy
 0 • 0 • 0 0 0
pas 7,62 mm
8/10'
0 • 4 ) 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 ) • Verre époxy
 0 16/10'
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
Ne pas monter de barre laiton ligne 5
 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
0 0
1 ' 0 Z 0 0 9 0 , 0 0 0
Fixation laminé
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Fixation matrice

Figure 27. - Detailed sketch of the assembly of the matrix.

0  • Figure 28. - Template of

 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the matrix at 1/1 scale.

 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Next page ->
 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Figure 29 above). - Wiring of
 o 0 0 0 the matrix.
0 0 0 0
• • O Figure 30 (bottom). - Wiring
 00 0 0 0  0 0 • • • diagram of the valve tester
o 0o 0 0 0 o • • • • •
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0
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 0• • • 0 • 0 0 o
0 0
Figure 2: read variable filament
voltage from 1.2 to 25 volts
 •• • • • 0 • • • 0 o Figure 6: read 2 x 9 V '1.5 VA (and not
2 x 9 V 1.5 .

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Figure 31. - Wiring of the tube bases (view on the wiring side)

Figure 32. - Power supply circuit board Figure 33. - Layout of the components of
2 x 9 volts (copper side view, scale 1:1) 2 x 9 volt power supply.

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Figure 34.— Printed circuit of 1 "filament supply (copper side view, 1/1 scale).

Figure 35.— Layout of the components of the filament supply.

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Figure 37. - Installation of high voltage power supply components.

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Printed circuit plans in PDF files

Lampemetre 2010 CI HT.pdf

Lampemetre 2010 CI BT.pdf

Lampemetre 2010 2x9v CI.pdf

Lampemetre 2010 Matrice_gabarit.pdf

Galva software with the FC 2010 library for facades

Appendix
For the selection plugs, 4mm banana plugs with sprung contacts were used (see
photo). The insulating part was not used because of problems of size due to the
pitch of the matrix so use a round insulating tube of 7x1.25 long 1m (see photo)

Matrix plug

Matrix plug modified

 Tube used for the Matrix plugs

Notes on making the matrix

The brass laminates are held in place with a few dots of super-glue. Then drilling the
ends of the laminates (fixing holes).
Secure with 3mm screws, then drill the entire die. Mark the position of the laminates
using a felt pen.
Disassemble for chip cleaning and reassembly of the die.

Reported Anomaly
An anomaly has been reported between the HT pcb on the component side (fig 37) and
the corresponding diagram (fig 4). “The error comes from the design of the pcb in the
bias circuit part where the 5.1v Zener must be in place of the lower 24v zener. In
addition, terminals 10, 11, 12 and 13 should be renamed respectively 13, 12, 11 and 10.
(On the diagram we can see very clearly, for example, that 13 and 24 are grounded while
on the board it is acts of 10 and 24, which is therefore false.)”