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37-116 odd noise/distortion
morzh
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07-25-2022, 08:37 PM
Gassy tube could develop large leakage and simply short something, or overload. Gas basically creates the conductivity where there shouldn't be any. Thus changing bias in unpredictable way.

Here's one account.

https://rec.audio.tubes.narkive.com/hPon...mode-gassy
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(This post was last modified: 07-25-2022, 08:38 PM by morzh.)
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37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-12-2022, 07:08 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by RodB - 07-13-2022, 10:19 AM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-13-2022, 08:56 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-22-2022, 10:45 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by klondike98 - 07-23-2022, 02:14 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-23-2022, 08:23 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by morzh - 07-23-2022, 08:45 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-24-2022, 07:16 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by morzh - 07-24-2022, 07:56 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-25-2022, 11:40 AM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by morzh - 07-25-2022, 08:37 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by poulsbobill - 07-25-2022, 08:49 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by mikethedruid - 07-25-2022, 10:10 PM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by morzh - 07-26-2022, 12:02 AM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by mikethedruid - 07-26-2022, 03:06 AM
RE: 37-116 odd noise/distortion - by GarySP - 07-26-2022, 09:09 AM



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