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In Reply to: Varieties of OB2 voltage stabilizer tube posted by akolegov on December 26, 2016 at 08:35:24:
It is just a voltage voltage reference tube that will eat 20mA or so at a given cut-off voltage, in this case 105-108 volts. If you put in a. It is just like a zener. If you replace a OB2 with another OB2 there is absolutely no harm, regardless of the gas in the tube.
Put in a different voltage tube, and you will have other issues.
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Follow Ups
- May I destroy the player if I use a wrong tube? Not if you are going from OB2 to OB2. - Chip647 08:51:30 12/26/16 (4)
- RE: May I destroy the player if I use a wrong tube? Not if you are going from OB2 to OB2. - akolegov 22:29:22 12/27/16 (0)
- RE: May I destroy the player if I use a wrong tube? Not if you are going from OB2 to OB2. - akolegov 14:28:48 12/26/16 (2)
- RE: May I destroy the player if I use a wrong tube? Not if you are going from OB2 to OB2. - andy evans 02:03:15 12/27/16 (1)
- RE: May I destroy the player if I use a wrong tube? Not if you are going from OB2 to OB2. - akolegov 02:55:09 12/27/16 (0)