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Phlogiston
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06-18-2014, 02:40 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, 05:06 AM

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RE: Old tubes - by Phlogiston - 06-16-2014, 07:20 PM

RE: Old tubes - by fields 100 - 06-16-2014, 07:44 PM

RE: Old tubes - by Eliot Ness - 06-17-2014, 06:35 AM

RE: Old tubes - by codefox1 - 06-18-2014, 02:34 PM

RE: Old tubes - by Phlogiston - 06-18-2014, 02:40 PM

RE: Old tubes - by Tom Hamilton - 07-12-2014, 03:22 PM

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