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TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE?

Arran
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05-27-2014, 10:44 PM

One good tube tester make is Triplet, I don't know if they made Mutual Conductance models but they are well made and will tell you whether a tube is stuffed or no. I'm never actually seen a Weston tube tester but know that they had a good reputation in the analog volt-ohm meter market for years, if there was a Heathkit clone of a Weston it's probably a decent tube tester.
Most of us that play with a range of radios from different eras usually need at least two tube testers to cover the range of tube bases over the years. A tester that will test 001As and #45s will not usually test duodecal TV tubes from the 1960s. If you need to test foreign based tubes then all bets are off, I'm fortunate to have a RCAF spec military tube tester that covers some of them because the Canadian Military used to buy a lot of British crap, except for Phillips side contact bases.
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TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by ODPILOT - 05-17-2014, 01:49 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 03:36 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by codefox1 - 05-17-2014, 04:35 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by morzh - 05-17-2014, 04:48 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 05:29 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Phlogiston - 05-17-2014, 07:26 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by morzh - 05-17-2014, 08:28 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-17-2014, 08:50 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Eliot Ness - 05-18-2014, 09:15 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by GarySP - 05-18-2014, 07:40 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Ron Ramirez - 05-18-2014, 08:50 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-19-2014, 12:03 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Chuck Schwark - 05-19-2014, 03:42 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Ron Ramirez - 05-19-2014, 03:49 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-19-2014, 05:47 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-19-2014, 10:22 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Jamie - 05-20-2014, 11:51 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by K7Sparky - 05-21-2014, 12:42 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Eric T - 05-22-2014, 02:04 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-23-2014, 09:30 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by DeckApe - 05-27-2014, 05:00 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by K7Sparky - 05-27-2014, 07:37 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-27-2014, 09:39 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-27-2014, 10:29 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Arran - 05-27-2014, 10:44 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-28-2014, 10:44 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Arran - 05-30-2014, 01:57 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by TA Forbes - 05-30-2014, 10:16 AM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by Alan Douglas - 05-31-2014, 09:09 PM

RE: TUBE TESTER - WHAT TYPE? - by jerryhawthorne - 05-31-2014, 10:35 PM

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