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Testing Vacuum Tubes - What level of

Posted by Doug Criner on 11/22/2005 15:14

Bill, much of this is so arbitrary. If you read the book by Alan Douglas on vintage tube testers, it'll show you the relatively poor corelation between different models of tube testers testing the same tube.

I presume that you're using a simple emissions tester, which is fine. But the original tube manufacturers never established a spec value for emssions. And, I don't necessarily think that the difference between, say, 50% and 100% represents a factor of two in life, performance, etc.

Here's how I would interpret your results: the tubes in the "green" should be fine. The tubes in the "red" may be fine, too. Just try them. If you get flakey performance, you can try a different tube to see if it makes a difference.

The most important test is to verify that the heater is OK and that there are no shorts in the tube. I think most tube testers can check for shorts, and if the tube lights, then the filament is good.



Testing Vacuum Tubes - What level of "GOOD" is good enough.  
Bill 11/22/2005 14:54 
Doug Criner 11/22/2005 15:14 
Bill VA 11/22/2005 22:41 
Thomas Dermody 11/23/2005 18:34 
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Thomas Dermody 11/24/2005 14:47 
Billy Richardson 11/24/2005 13:03 
Thomas Dermody 11/24/2005 15:04 
Bill 11/26/2005 22:01 
Thomas Dermody 11/26/2005 22:28 
Bill 11/27/2005 09:52 
Thomas Dermody 11/27/2005 14:41 
Billy Richardson 11/28/2005 16:31 
Doug Criner 11/27/2005 14:43 
Thomas Dermody 11/27/2005 14:48 
Bill 11/27/2005 16:35 
Thomas Dermody 11/28/2005 00:23 
Thomas Dermody 11/28/2005 12:25 
Donnie Land 11/30/2005 21:58 
Thomas Dermody 11/30/2005 22:48 
Thomas Dermody 11/30/2005 22:50 
Donnie Land 11/30/2005 23:38 
Norm Leal 11/30/2005 23:47 
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