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PT-6 finished!!
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04-20-2025, 06:16 PM
I have heard of some people adding current limiting resistors ahead of the heater string in AC/DC sets but I never bothered, I don't use most of them enough to blow out tubes anyhow. The last tube I had fail was after the radio had been on for an hour, and it wasn't even at one end of the heater chain, nor did it go open until after I tried checking it in a tube tester. There were a lot of dodgy components used in post war sets, and this one was from 1947-48, including tubes sometimes, I think the PT6 was a 1940 model was it not? I like the design of the cabinet by the way, clean yet elegant.
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PT-6 finished!! - by bridkarl - 04-20-2025, 03:48 PM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by jrblasde - 04-20-2025, 05:30 PM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by bridkarl - 04-20-2025, 05:49 PM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by Arran - 04-20-2025, 06:16 PM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by bridkarl - 04-20-2025, 06:21 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 04-21-2025, 07:38 AM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by jrblasde - 04-21-2025, 07:54 AM
RE: PT-6 finished!! - by bridkarl - 04-21-2025, 10:01 AM



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