Dynamic Mutual Conductance Tester Reads Directly in MICROMHOS CL COI OLd P THE HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY 10514 DUPONT AVENUEOPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR DYNAMIC MUTUAL CONDUCTANCE TUBE TESTER MODEL 532 THE HICKOK ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT COMPANY 10514 Dupont Ave. Cleveland 8, OhioHICKOK MODEL 532 DYNAMIC MUTUAL CONDUCTANCE TUBE TESTER PACKER’S CHECK MODEL 532 TUBE TESTER DATE__ SERIAL NUMBER Ze INSTRUCTION BOOK, MODEL 532. SIGNED__ PACKER NOTE READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE ATTEMPTING 10 OPERATE THIS TUBE TESTER. SECTION | DESCRIPTION 1, PURPOSE. @, The Model 532 Tube Tester is used to test and measure mutual conduc— tance values of vacuum tubes used in radio receivers and transmitting tubes delivering less than 25 watts of power. ‘D, The Model 532 Tube Tester is fundamentally of the Dynamic Mutual Con- duetance type designed to provide either REPLACE - GOOD readings or mutual con- ductance values in micromhos. Provision is made for locating shorts and leakages between Tube elements. A sensitive noise test is also provided. Mutual conductance values in three ranges can be measured: 0-3000, 0-6000, and 0-15,000 micromhos. Included in this tube tester 1s an ENGLISH reading range. By means of this range, a good tube will cause the pointer of’ the in- dicating meter to rest in the GREEN (GOOD) sector of the meter scale. A bad tube will read in the RED (REPLACE) or doubt- ful (7) sector. Gd. Gas Test: Provision 1s made to test amplifying vacuum tubes for gas content. Gassy tubes will ruin the auto- matic volume control or intermediate stages of a radio receiver, 2, TUBE COMPLEMENT. --The Model 532 re- quires one #83 mercury vapor rectifier and one 5YSG? vacuum rectifier tube for its operation. These tubes are supplied and installed in the tube tester. The fuse lamp is a standard #81 auto lamp. The neon lanp 1s a G.E. 1/4 watt, 105- 125 volts, candelabra’ base. SECTION 1 FUNCTIONS OF THE COMPONENTS 3. VOLTAGE A . ~~ The Model 582 ‘Tube Tester operates from A.C. power lines of 105 to 126 volts, 60 cycles. After the power 1s turned on, press the Push switch P7 (LINE ADJ.) which will cause the indicating meter pointer to move up scale. Tho button P7 is held down and the Knob, LINE ADJUST, 1s turned until the meter pointer rests exactly over the mark, LINE TEST, at 1500 on the meter scale, “this estabiishes standard voltages to the tube elements. This ad- Justment 1s nade with the control settings properly arranged for the tube being tested and with the tube in its test socket. 4. SELBCTORS.--The row of selector dials arose the cénter of the control panel 41s for the purpose of conducting proper voltages to the tube’s base pins. The operation of setting these dials is sim- ilar to DIALING A TELEPHONE NMBER. On the roll data chart, below the word SELECTORS, appear the dialing numbers. Those dialing numbers consist of two letters and five figures. Example: JR- 6287-5. Starting at the left, the first dial 15 turned until the letter "J" ap- pears through the window. The second dial ts turned until "R" appaars. The 1third dial indicates 6; the fourth, 2; the fifth, 3; the sixth,” and the seventh, 5. The lettered dials control the fila— ment or heater connections. The numbered dials control the GRID, PLATE, SCREEN, CATHODE and SUPPRESSOR’ in that order. In the example given above the heater terminals are connected to pins 8 and 1. The GRID is connected to pin 6; PLATE, to pin 2; SCREEN, to pin 3; CATHODE, to pin 7 and SUPPRESSOR, to pin 5. These dial switches are electrically interlocked in such a way that it is im- possible to connect two different voltage elements to the same pin. Thus acci- dental shorts are avoided. ‘The dialing systen 1s designed so that a minimum of dial setting is re- quired. For exemple, the heater setting is practically always JR so that these two dials seldom need resetting. It will also be noticed that when testing duo-diode triode tubes the amount of dialing has been reduced to a minimum. 5. SHORT TES7.-~Turning the SHORTS switch successively through the positions 1-2- 3-4-5 connects the various pairs of el- enents in turn across the test. voltage. ‘Tubes having shorted elements will com- plete the circuit and cause the neon SHORT lamp to glow. Tubes may be tested for shorts, either hot or cold. A short is indicated by a steady glow of the neon lamp in certain posi- tions of the SHORTS switch. A momentary flash of the lamp as the switch is turned from ons position to another should be disregarded. ‘This flashing 1s caused by the charging of a capacitor in the test circuit. A shorted tube should be discerded without further test. 6. LOCATY RTED_ El In the following Tate CO) ation Say SHORT switch position indicates that the neon lamp glows in that position. {KIND OF SHORT 1jeTs[4{s FIL =~ CATHODE x FIL GRID [xX |x x FIL PLATS [x [x xtx FIL SCREEN |X xpx Tx FIL ‘SUP x GRID caTHope | x |x |x x GRID PLATE x ‘GRID ‘SCRESN, x |x Tx GRID ‘SUP ¥ ‘PLATE SCREEN, x {x PLATE _-- SUP x xx SCREEN -- SUP x [x [x] x [x 7. NOISE TEST. -- The short test circuit 48 aleo used in making noise teste on vacuum tudes. Connections are mace from the noise test Jacks to the antenna and glound posts of any radio receiver: The ube under test 1s tapped with the ringer as the SHORTS switch 1s turned through positions 1-2-3-4-5. Intermittent disturbances which are too brief to register on the neon lamp will be reproduced by the loud speaker as static, &. GAS TEST.--The push switch PS (Gas 1) and PO (Gas 2) are used to test an amp- lifier tube for gas content. The MICROMHO switch is set on 3000 b. The push switch P5 is pressed and field down while the BIAS dial 1s ‘turned to cause the pointer of the in- Gicating meter to read 100 micromhos. ‘¢. PS is held down and P6 is pressed. _d. If the tube contains gas the meter pointer will move up the scale, If the pointer movement is not more than one small division of the scale the gas content is satisfactory. NOTE With some tudes, such as the type 45, the mictonho reading cannot be ‘brought down to 10 by turning the BIAS dial. In sucha case turn the BIAS dial to 100 and test for gas. Some tubes develop gas after being heated for a period of time. If a tube is suspected, allow it to heat for a few minutes. 8. DYNAMIC MUTUAL CONDUCTANCE.-~The push switch P4 is used when testing for mutual conductance value. The indicating meter will register the tube’s value in NICROM- HOS in three ranges: 0-3000, 0-6000 and 0-15,000. The range to be used 1s con- trolled by the MICROMHO switch. When measuring micromhos in any of the three ranges listed above, no Setting of the ENGLISH dial is required, The fourth range, ENGLISH, on the MICROM switch is used when tt ie do- sired to test the tube in terms of GOOD-SOCKET NUMBERING BOTTOM VIEWS @® ® @ @@ ® @)|(O0 © © &P/\O0/\O® 4 PIN 5 PIN © © @ OGTAL LOKTAL REPLACE. In this case the ENGLISH dial must be Set in accordance with the figures given on the data chart under the head- ing, ENG. When using the ENGLISH range, good tubss will cause the meter pointer to read in the GOOD sector. Worn out ‘tubes will read in the REPLACE sector. Those tubes which read in the sector marked (?) have some useful life but should be replaced soon. The =NGLISH reading scale is also based on Dynamic Mutual Conductance. It is not an emis- sion test. ‘the Micromho values printed on the data roll are average values. A small variation above or below these average Yalues is to be expected even with new ubdes. ‘he ENGLISH scale 1s designed to make tubes read at the left edge of the GREEN (GOOD) sector when 20% below av- erege for amplifier tubes and 35% below average for power tudes, 10. -- The push switches Pl, ‘Pe and PS are used to test various types of rectifier elements, _2. The push switch Pl is used when testing detector diodes, It applies a low voltage which will not injure the 6 PIN MOE /@ @ ®@ O|\O@O @ ®/ \O@® MINIATURE. ACORN delicate cathode. Good diodes will cause the meter pointer to read above the mark, DIODES OK. b. Push switch P2 is used when testing cold cathode rectifiers such as the 024, This applies a voltage suffi- ciently high to 1onize the tube and start conduction, Good tudes will read in the GREEN (GOOD) sector of the meter. ‘¢. Push switch PS is used when testing ordinary rectifier tubes such as the SYS. This “switch applies a medium voltage Which is best adapted to reveal defects in this type of tube. Good tunes will read in the GREEN (GOOD) sector of the meter, NOTE On the data chart a star (4) following Pl, P2, ana PS indi- cates that the MICROMHO switch is to be set on ENGLISH. 11, SOCKET NUMBERING, -- In order to re- duce dialing to 4 minimum, the sockets in the Model Tube Tester are num- bered as shown in Plate 1, which shows 3the bottom views. ‘The numerical values of the lettered’ dials are as follows: ° An P 1 B----R 2 C ---- 5 3 D----T 4 E----U 5 F----V 6 G ---- W 7 Ho---- X 8 J ----¥ 9 K----2 The letter "I" was omitted because of its resemblance to the figure "1". ‘The letter "Q" was omitted because of its resemblance to the figure "0". 12, METER REVERSE, -- Directly below the indicating meter is a switch marked REVERSE-NORAL. With certain tubes such as the 117N7, the meter, when set on NORMAL, will ‘deflect backwards (to the left) when pusn switch PS is pressed for rectifier test. In such a case, turn ‘the meter switch to REVERSE which will cause the pointer to move up the scale. After this test has been made, return ‘the switch to NORMAL. 13, JOP CAPS. -- There are tno Jacks In ‘the “upper center of the control panel marked GRID and PLATE. These are used when making connection to the top cap of the tube being tested. On the data chart in the NOTATIONS column opposite tube types having top caps, is the nota- tion CAP=G or CAP=P. G means that the top cap is connected to the GRID and P, to the PLATE jack. NOTE The center of the seven pin Socket is used to check pilot lamps. Voltages up to 12.6 are available for pilot lamp test. These voltages are con trolled ty the filament switch. No further switch setting 1s necessary. 14. SPECIAL NOTES, -- Power line voltage Vertes with arftérent locaifties, ie my also vary with the different hours of the cay. While a national survey indicates that the average voltage for the USA 1s about 113 to 115 volts, it does not mean that every locality maintains a constant voltage at that level. 4 Occasionally ne have had the com- plaint that a used tube will test GOoD, but will not work in the radio receiver} but when a NEW tube is substituted, the receiver will operate correctly. ’ the answer 1s this: Tubes are built to specifications. Our tube testers are designed to test tubes in conformity with these specifications. ‘The used tube that would not per- form in a certain receiver was not re- ceiving 1ts specified filament. voltage. The new tube performed because of its initial reserve capacity. The used tube would have performed if it had received its specified filament voltage. Tube failure frequently occurs in A,C.--D.C. Sets where several tubes are connected with their heaters or filaments in series. Sometimes, even though the powor line voltage is normal, a series tube with abnormally high filament re- sistance will rob its companion tube of its normal filament voltage. The robbed tube apparently fails} but when tested under specified conditions, the tube will test GOOD. 15. ‘The nonderful versatility of the Hickok Dynamic Mutual Conductance Tube Tester makes possible a special test that will reveal a tube’s ability to perform under adverse conditions as men= tioned above. This is possible because the tester measures mutual conductance Instead of emission. THE TEST. a, Measure the mutual conductance in the ordinary way. b. Set the MICROMHO range switch on ENGLISH, c. Press Pé and adjust the ENGLISH tal until the tude reads ‘in the GREEN (GOOD) sector at 2000 on the scale. -d. While holding everything else constant, reduce the FILANEN? voltage and note new reading. e. If the meter still reads in the GREEN (GOOD) sector, the tubs has 2 large life reserve and will perform setisfac- torily.f. The filament voltage reductions to be made are shown in the following table: NORMAL REDUCE FIL. VOLTS ‘TO 1.8 Lal 2.0 iis 2.5 2.0 310 2.5 5.0 43 6s 5.0 TS 6:3 10.0 mS 12,6 10.0 TO TEST BALLAST TI ‘Turn Tester on. 2. Set filament switch to BLST. 3. Set SHORT TEST switch on 1. 4. Set first selector switch (lettered 5. affine selector, switen). LIGHT IN POSITIONS NOTED. ROTATE second selector switch (lettered P to Z) trom P to Z. 16. CONTINUITY TEST.--The Model 532 Tube ‘Tester can be used to test for continuity through resistance up to 200,000 ohns, a. Set SHORTS switch on position 4. b. Connect two leads having prods and pin tips to the Jacks marked PLATE and GRID. c. Toucn the prods to the terminals thro which continuity is to be deter- mined. a. The neon lamp will glow if cir- cuit 1s continuous. 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