Forget the heater! Coat the cathode with a readioactive substance that is a beta emitter.You could even make a fully complementary tube amp. Use an electron-emitting substance in one tube, and a positron-emitting substance in the other.
Other advantages include possible built-in birth control.
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Topic - Horrible Idea #4328.6: Self-powered Tubes - lipmanl@hotmail.com 09:00:10 12/14/06 (10)
- Re: Pryor art... - Paul Eizik 19:51:44 12/14/06 (3)
- U.S. Patent Number 5,410,166 (nt) - Al Sekela 15:01:03 12/15/06 (0)
- So how did it work? (nt) - lipmanl@hotmail.com 06:09:00 12/15/06 (1)
- Re: So how did it work? (nt) - Paul Eizik 14:51:15 12/15/06 (0)
- How about a giant tube on the moon - Atexanathome 19:00:39 12/14/06 (3)
- And you wouldn't need a glass envelope! (nt) - lipmanl@hotmail.com 06:07:34 12/15/06 (2)
- Exactly the point! - Atexanathome 08:47:53 12/15/06 (1)
- Re: Exactly the point! - Paul Eizik 15:05:41 12/15/06 (0)