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In Reply to: RE: Well for one I would not use an emissions tester. . . posted by nick-seattle on June 18, 2012 at 13:46:47:
Okay, thanks.
The Ei quality was pretty awful towards the end of production - but I don't know whether that is what you are seeing. You may have tubes with cathode poisoning, and they need to "wake up" (by getting rid of the contaminants on the cathode surface) before they operate normally.
I'd recommend you run them for a few hours before testing them. And remember - the ultimate test of a tube is whether it works properly in a circuit!!
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- RE: Well for one I would not use an emissions tester. . . - Jim McShane 14:54:37 06/18/12 (1)
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