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Green eye tube won't turn green!
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Here's a new one I never encountered before. Working on the Zenith model 8S463 I picked up last weekend. It's been recapped / (most) new resistors, all carefully installed. Checked and double checked. The radio plays, albeit a bit garbled. However when I plug in known good, bright green 6U5 / 6G5 eye tubes, they don't light up green at all! I can see the filament lit bright orange, and the voltages are there on the eye tube socket plug, but no green. It's like a dead eye tube. I take it out, test it in the tube tester, and it shows bright green. Any ideas what would cause this? I have a new 1 meg resistor across pins two and 4.

Here's a link to the schematic:

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...025455.pdf

Greg V.
West Bend, WI
Member WARCI.org


Messages In This Thread
Green eye tube won't turn green! - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 08-24-2017, 10:08 PM
RE: Green eye tube won't turn green! - by morzh - 08-25-2017, 08:09 AM
RE: Green eye tube won't turn green! - by morzh - 08-26-2017, 06:47 AM
RE: Green eye tube won't turn green! - by morzh - 12-27-2017, 05:11 PM



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