>
>measures wrote:
>>Is gettering very likely while the
>>>>tube is being removed from the amplifier for high-pot. testing?
>>>>
>>>Yes. If there is a small gas release, the gettering action (which
>>>depends on the gas molecules colliding with the metal surfaces) would
>>>take place on a timescale of seconds.
>>
>>A big bang is heard. The main breakers blow. What souce powers the tube
>>during the gettering? It is my opinion that instant gettering is
>>undiluted codswallop.
>>
>Nobody mentioned "instant" gettering. I said a timescale of seconds.
>
>The reaction is chemical. No electrical power is required.
>
A maximal load of codswallop. The reaction requires heat.
enough
>
>
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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