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[Amps] I'm serious...are the tubes OK? or..

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Subject: [Amps] I'm serious...are the tubes OK? or..
From: crabspider@telia.com (G.Johansson)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 21:00:30 +0000
Not sure...Could be filiaments (Hopefully!!)

The mentioned tubes are of different flavours....
Like the indirect heated GU74/GU84/GS35 and direct filiamented 4CX5000A.
I guess indirect heated tubes should have a more 'stiff' heater with
barium-dough around the real filiament...and therefore should NOT move 
around like the direct heated ones!

Anyway both type both types 'dik-diks'  ;o)
Of course with different 'pitch' etc.

Furthermore, tubes checks out (static-vise), Ie
1) no open filiament.
2) no shorts between elements inside..
3) capacitances as quoted, checks rather fine when measured with cap-mtr...

So I would really like to hear if anyone else can WITH A FULLY functioning
tube of any kind, check if 'dik-diks' and still works perfectly..

So, shake your tubes and tell me if it's same 'dik-diks' for you!!!

If so I will surely sleep well until I can test the tubes in practice..

/Joe 

At 18:33 12/04/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Are you hearing the filaments rattling when you do that?
>> Hi again!
>> 
>> Making a repeat of previous question:
>> 
>> Having done several 'tube-buys' during the years...
>> But haven't tried this tubes out yet.
>> 
>> One thing that I have been observing is that certain tubes
>> makes a discrete 'dika-dika' sound when shaken vertically
>> (tube vertically held).
>> 
>> Not the kind of sound that happens when large structures of
>> filiament has fallen down....Or loose matter rattling around.
>> Just something discrete.....soft..
>> 
>> 3 out of four 5CX1500A's (so called 'good pulls') gives off a sound
>> when shaken vertically, nothing horizontally...
>> 
>> Same story with 
>> GU-74B's
>> GU-84B's
>> GS-35B's
>> 
>> One big 4CX5000A (Brand new in transportation box).
>> 
>> All of them seems to give off that discrete soft sound
>> when shaken VERTICALLY not horizontally!
>> 
>> Don't feel like doing an autopsy if there's a normal explanation.
>> 
>> 
>> Plausible explanation, What do you say?
>> 
>> Can anyone verify having a FULLY FUNCTIONING tube even though these
>> criterias are around???
>> 
>> Shake your tubes and tell me!?!?
>> 
>> 
>> "Joe - collecing tubes for a rainy day"
>> 
>> 
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