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Garbled sound on Philco 46-131
jerryhawthorne
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07-20-2012, 07:13 PM
Mark, in my limited time on radios and tube testers, the following is what I have found.
1. A tube that tests "good" is PROBABLY good.
2. A tube that test weak, is PROBABLY good.
3. A tube that tests shorted or dead, has a high certainty of being bad.

Please note the "PROBABLY". The best test is to replace with a known tube, but then again, make certain that tube works in another radio. Oscillator tubes can be particularly problematic on a tube tester.

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Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by markskala - 03-28-2012, 05:50 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by Arran - 03-28-2012, 08:00 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by 7estatdef - 03-28-2012, 08:12 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by markskala - 03-28-2012, 09:22 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by Arran - 03-28-2012, 11:14 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by markskala - 03-29-2012, 05:01 AM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by markskala - 03-30-2012, 10:54 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by baarf - 07-18-2012, 11:08 AM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by codefox1 - 07-18-2012, 01:35 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by TA Forbes - 07-19-2012, 06:04 AM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by jerryhawthorne - 07-20-2012, 07:13 PM
RE: Garbled sound on Philco 46-131 - by codefox1 - 07-20-2012, 07:28 PM



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