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In Reply to: Cherry plate KT90 and amp damage posted by jts on June 9, 2006 at 23:35:02:
Cherry ain't so bad. It's that white-orange close to melt down that I fear :-)Seriously though, often when a tube fails and draws high current (hence the glow) then it often takes the bias resistor/network with it. It's not expensive to fix usually, often just a single resistor.
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- Re: Cherry plate KT90 and amp damage - ffrr 00:09:43 06/10/06 (4)
- Re: Cherry plate KT90 and amp damage - elflow 07:41:40 06/10/06 (3)
- yeah, i think everyone is referring to cathode biasing, - radiance 17:10:47 06/10/06 (2)
- Re: yeah, i think everyone is referring to cathode biasing, - Jim McShane 18:06:54 06/10/06 (1)
- Thanks all. KT90'ssad quality (NT) - jts 10:16:05 06/12/06 (0)