[Amps] warm up times of tubes?

[Norman Hockler]

The Eimac spec says 8 min BEFORE applying HV or drive.

Therefore thae answer on the YC-156 is NO.

Norm  N8NH


At 10:05 AM 11/23/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Are warm up times of various tubes set in anyway with regards to what your
>going to "hit" them with after X minutes? Or is it not related.
>
>For example if a tube quotes 6 minutes to warm up (YC156) is there any way
>one can reduce this  if you "promise the tube" its wont be working too hard
>for the next 2-3 minutes? ..or in general operation.
>
>Your advice please...
>
>Neil G0JHC
>
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