• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

Elektor Claus Byrith 4-30

Novanta,

The input and phase splitter will likely only draw a few mA each. The EL34s will likely be biased between 40 to 60mA each. So a stereo amp could draw as much as 250mA from the power supply. But you will want more than 250vA on your transformer B+ winding. Usually 20% to 40% more is recommended. Even with bias set at 50mA per output tube a 250vA rating on the power transformer is a bit too low. If you are building two mono amps, 250vA is more than enough.

Regards, S.