[AMPS] YC-156 Cathode/Filament question

[measures]

>
>>>The good news that with only 225 watts being drawn from the heater, the
>>>amp can be left in standby for a week-end without  hurting your wallet like
>>>most big tubes do.
>>
>>Unless you live in California!
>
>EVERYTHING in CA hurts your wallet!
>
We buy sweet strawberries that are grown with real feces at a fairly good 
price.  
>>
>?  The 8171 delivers more suds, is instant-on, and draws 0W on standby.
>
>The YC-156 requires no socket, 

Bad news for testing tubes.  

> no screen supply, cannot be over driven
>by any rice box, thus no need for alc. 

ALC is a joke.

>Amplification factor is 200. 

... and ...  tuned inputs for g-g are undoubtedly a prickley pain in the 
posterior.  


>That old power supply that was used for a 4-1000A is just perfect for this 
tube.
>Life is full of trade-offs....builder's call.
>The YC-156 is a little larger than a 4-1000A, and equal to 5 of them in
>parallel.
>MRI pulls are appearing on the market now...about the same price as 8877 
>pulls.
>
cheers

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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