Next, we replaced the old Aerovox 20 μF 450 V cap with
a Sprague 20 μF 500 V cap, as shown here. High-temperature RTV silicone affixes the capacitor to the metal chassis.
It's the "primary" filter cap—the first one to receive
electric charge
from the rectifier. It also connects to a pin of the adjacent
speaker jack.
That pin goes to one end of the speaker's
field coil,
which doubles as the amp's filter choke (an
inductance
that helps impede 60-cycle hum).
The other end of the field coil
connects back to one of the Mallory caps,
the "secondary" filter cap.
The secondary cap's voltage connects to the 6L6 screen grids and to a 10 kΩ
resistor that feeds the other Mallory cap, supplying voltage to the
plates of the preamp tubes.
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