Tubes Asylum

Pretty much any tube can be re-activated to some degree.

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Victor Khomenko

Usually that involves overheating the filament to some degree, while making sure plate current is flowing.

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RE: Pretty much any tube can be re-activated to some degree. - Tre' 12:29:42 12/11/23 (0)
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- https://www.cpii.com/docs/related/23/The%20Tube%20Rebuilding (Open in New Window)
RE: Pretty much any tube can be re-activated to some degree. - Tre' 12:00:37 12/11/23 (2)
No, I meant they literally rebuild the tube. It turns out they still do.
Tre'
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- https://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2010/08/rebuilt-tubes/ (Open in New Window)
Edits: 12/11/23
- That is mostly true of expensive transmitter and generator tubes. nt - Victor Khomenko 04:55:03 12/12/23 (1)
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  - Yes. nt - Tre' 07:38:23 12/13/23 (0)
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