Where did you get a Spice model for the 6BK4?
People on the DIY audio forum, have it, they ran all the sims for me.
The subckt is in the 5th post, here:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/hv-pulse-amplifier-help-6bk4.399314/If you keep all the resistors the same, the low-voltage high-current case won't change much but the high-voltage zero-current case will go up with Vbb .
Sorry, I changed the load for the reduced B+. 150Vdc. (Load was 510kΩ for previous comments.)
Restart;
I now have 180kΩ dropping resistor and a 180kΩ load resistor.
So if I remove the Plate cap, the voltage divider gives me 75vdc where the resistors connect. Then I reconnect the cap and with grid drive I have a 25V pulse riding on 49Vdc.
The current is just under 0.5ma.
When the circuit is at full voltage, I'm expecting at least 1.3ma.
I expect a few changes to the diagram I posted. One, I found I need to raise my power supply to 12kV, the dropping resistor will be changed to 6MΩ and the load resistor is 12MΩ. The gives me 8kV on the load when the tube is off.
Should I go ahead and adjust the resistors for 1.3ma? (at 150Vdc)
Or just wait until I receive my P.S. parts so I can start raising the voltage?
Thanks, Mikek
P.S. Or, is there a flaw with the design?