TRIODE ELECTRONICS TW EXPRESS LAYOUT

Middle
25K L

Bass
1M A

Presence
5K L

Standby

20uF 500V

0.1uF
600V

100pF

Power

Pilot Light

To OT
8 ohm
tap

100K

500pF
1M

BL
AC
BR
K/
W
OW
HI
N/
TE
W
HI
BR
TE
OW
N
BL
AC
K

130V
MOV

OT CT

Treble
1M A

Volume
1M A

20uF 500V

Bright

20uF 500V

Input

RED&RED

G2
BIAS

4
6

8
7

4
6

2
3

8
7

9.1K 3W

100K 3W

9.1K 3W

100K 3W

10uF 150V

15K

47K

1K 25W

47pF

40uF 500V

0.022uF
600V

B+5

40uF 500V

22
0K

0.022uF
600V
10
0K

0.1uF
600V
470 1W

1M

0.1uF
600V

10K

2.7K

25uF 50V

100K

8
7

100K

B+4

9.1K 3W

X
X

9.1K 3W

22K L

B+3

K
82

10
0

150K

500pF

0.022uF
600V

0.022uF
600V

25uF 50V

1.5K

10
K

0K

0.0022uF
600V

100K

220K

40uF 500V

1W

B+4

22

B+5

X
X

10uF 150V

G1

1M

Shielded Wire (Grounded at one end only)

GRN&GRN

1R

1R

2W

2W

2
3

8
6

N
W

1.5K 2W

G1

G2

OT PRIMARY

E
BLU

W
7 1K 5 4

BR

W
7 1K 5 4

RED

WHITE

OT CT
To Standby

RED/YELLOW

OT SECONDARY

1.5K 2W

Common (Black)

To 100K FB
Resistor

16 Ohms (Grey)
8 Ohms (Yellow)

SPEAKER
OUTPUT

Bias Adjustment for EL34's:

1) With speaker load connected, turn power ON and let tubes warm up.
Switch standby to "ON."
2) Set your meter to the Highest DC volts setting (600V or higher), and put
the common (ground) lead on one of the chassis mounting nuts or
alligator clip it to the chassis. Touch the positive lead to Pin 3 (plate) of
one of the EL34 power tube sockets. This is your Plate Voltage. Write it
down.
*BE VERY CAREFULL WITH THIS STEP (HIGH VOLTAGES PRESENT)*
3) EL34's are 25 watts maximum dissipation and you want to set the bias
between 60-70% max dissipation. (60% = 15W) (70% = 17.5W) Divide your
desired wattage by the plate voltage that you wrote down from step 2.
(example: 17.5/415 = .042 or 42mV) This is your desired bias voltage
(probably between 35 and 45 mV).
4) Set your meter to lowest DC Volts setting (200mV or less) and touch the
common (ground) lead to the grounded side of the 1 ohm resistor coming
off of Pin 1 and the positive lead to the Pin 1 side. Adjust the bias
potentiometer until the bias voltage you calculated from from Step 3 is
achieved.
Plate voltage will change a little when adjusting the bias, so you may need
to take another reading from Pin 3 and adjust your equation accordingly
and repeat steps 3 & 4.

4 Ohms (Red)

MAINS FUSE

A.C. POWER

2A SB for 120V
1.5A SB for 240V

Notes:
*Check Polarity (+ & -) of all Electrolytic Capacitors.
*You may need to lightly sand the back of the potentiometers to be
able to solder the bus wire correctly.
*20uF Power supply capacitors are stacked on top of the 40uF
caps, and are connected together and to the chassis with silicone
caulk.
*Red/White leads (520VCT) from PT are not used on this diagram.
You may use them in place of the Red leads (600VCT) if you prefer
the lower voltage (brown) sound.
*All Resistors are 1/2W Unless Noted
*Power Transformer: 40-18065
*Output Transformer: 40-18064
For Technical Questions or Comments, Email us at:
tech@triodestore.com

PINOUTS
6CA7/EL34

12AX7 / ECC83