| 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. |