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In Reply to: RE: At one time you could go to Thrifty's Drug Store and test your tubes for free. posted by thermionic addictions on November 18, 2015 at 11:22:30
I always imagined the testers to be something like the suitcase ones but on a stand without the lid. I had no idea how large they were.
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The one in my neighborhood drug store was about the size of a small ATM. The panel with all the sockets was at waist height and rested on top of a locked cabinet containing new tubes. There was colorful enameled advertising sign above the panel. The whole thing was probably 5' tall with sign and all. My family never used it though. My dad had a fear of electricity and would NEVER even have considered opening the back of the TV for fear of electrocution. He always called the repairman - which is another story. Still recall people showing up to that drug store with a shoe box of tubes (I assume every tube in their TV) and testing them all trying to figure out which one was the culprit.
We had one just like that at our local "Drug Fair". My father would get/test tubes for his amp there. The tubes weren't locked up, so he could try various ones until he got a matched set.
Jack
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