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In Reply to: Water cooled tube posted by Byrd69 on February 13, 2015 at 21:47:54:
Well, I've never heard of anything like this. What model is it exactly? I tried searching 4BZ-types and found no tubes with water in them. They're all standard ones that like plenty of vacuum for electron flow haha
I think we're looking at an accident rather than an actual functional tube. Tube manufacturing became automated early on and it's possible this is a factory defect. Perhaps during evacuation, there was water or some liquid heavy enough not to vaporize into the vacuum that got dumped in, the seal was made, the tube continued down the line. It slipped through QC somehow, made its way into a box, and found itself on a shelf.
It would explain the slow oozing oxidization coming through the pins, the erosion of the internals producing that funky colour, and the lack of any getter as contact with water would have nulled it). It's a nice keep sake, but I wouldn't use it.
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