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06-18-2014, 03:40 PM
If the cause for low performance is gas, then the tube can arc. This is especially true for rectifiers and power output tubes. This can cause a output transformer,power transformer, field coil, interstage transformer or choke failure rather quickly.
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Old tubes - by fields 100 - 06-13-2014, 06:06 AM
RE: Old tubes - by Eliot Ness - 06-13-2014, 09:04 AM
RE: Old tubes - by fields 100 - 06-13-2014, 09:47 AM
RE: Old tubes - by TA Forbes - 06-13-2014, 01:22 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Randy H. - 06-13-2014, 03:29 PM
RE: Old tubes - by fields 100 - 06-13-2014, 06:18 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Arran - 06-14-2014, 03:32 AM
RE: Old tubes - by Randy H. - 06-16-2014, 05:08 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Phlogiston - 06-16-2014, 07:42 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Phlogiston - 06-16-2014, 08:20 PM
RE: Old tubes - by fields 100 - 06-16-2014, 08:44 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Eliot Ness - 06-17-2014, 07:35 AM
RE: Old tubes - by codefox1 - 06-18-2014, 03:34 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Phlogiston - 06-18-2014, 03:40 PM
RE: Old tubes - by Tom Hamilton - 07-12-2014, 04:22 PM



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