Now we know why we get that instantaneous bright flash on initial turn-on

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In Reply to: Oops! Paul Carlson.... Euro heater flash? posted by FenderLover on April 4, 2016 at 18:53:00:

The common fallacy was the 12AX7A corrected this but this is obviously an issue but I haven't seen many filament failures on any 12AX7s or ECC83s.My favorite are the Telefunkens and the Amperex DD getter.I like the Mullards also but I never found them to be as durable as the Telefunkens.
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Topic - Chris' video on heater flash of Euro made tubes - FenderLover 16:21:22 04/04/16 (4)

His name is Paul Carlson.THat was my bad I had written Chris as I was tired - Michael Samra 17:51:11 04/04/16 (3)

Oops! Paul Carlson.... Euro heater flash? - FenderLover 18:53:00 04/04/16 (2)

Now we know why we get that instantaneous bright flash on initial turn-on - Michael Samra 21:33:39 04/04/16 (0)

Think I'll dual post this one on Tubes. Very interesting topic IMHO (n/t) - FenderLover 19:31:46 04/04/16 (0)

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Now we know why we get that instantaneous bright flash on initial turn-on - Michael Samra 21:33:39 04/04/16 (0)

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