[TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
- From: "res0vjlk" <electronic.service@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:33:12 -1000
Hi,
one reason I like them so far is that it takes 3 1/2 hours for one reel to
empty out,thanks for the thought.
Marcello for Electronics Service Inc.
808 841-1560
www.pinoyelectronics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
>
> When you price out some of these tubes, you may reconsider. Unless it has
> sentimental value, the music is transferable onto cassette.
> The reason I say this...been there and done that. Belts and Pinch roller
are
> probably in need of replacement, and check the wear on the head, before
> going to far into it.
>
> -Ed-
>
> res0vjlk The above is the reply to your message dated 10/4/02 5:02 PM
>
> >
> > Hello Techs,
> >
> > This tape player is a SONY
> > S500A,and my customer have already gave it away to me along with about
20
> > tapes from that era.
> >
> > I want to fix this for my own and did some tracing and I suspected 6AU6
(2)
> > and 12AD7 (2) to be the likely problems...well there are inputs,no
> > outputs..so..but the filaments are lit...so they are still suspects....
> >
> > I have been checking ebay and they still have tube testers up for
auction
> > same with the tubes.
> >
> > Another customer brought in a reel-to-reel Akai right after the
> > SONY and listened to the tapes my Sony customer gave...it is a very
> > wholesome experience listening to that eras' music.
> >
> > Thanks to all who responded.I
> > think repairing this Sony will be worth it..
> >
> > Marcello for Electronics Service Inc.
> >
> > 808 841-1560
> > www.pinoyelectronics.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Damon" <DAMON101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:30 AM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Don'cha wish you still had the old tube checker? I do. Although I
worked
> > on
> >> tube sets back in the early 80's, at present I couldn't tell if a tube
was
> >> bad using an ocilloscope and testing for gain or MU as it was known
back
> >> then.
> >>
> >> Damon Brunger
> >> damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Telrad Electronic Services
> >> Ft Wayne, IN 46815
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:51 PM
> >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Walter and all,
> >>>
> >>> That brings back memories. As a kid, I would take tubes to the local
> >>> drug store for testing. Early in my Navy career, I had two different
> >>> Chiefs bring in tubes from their television for me to test. Both sets
> >>> were scapped. The first Chief had no idea of a tube chart. He just
> >>> plugged in the tubes wherever they would fit. The second left the
tubes
> >>> in a grocery bag in his car for some time. Half of them broke.
> >>>
> >>> There are still some folks who believe the tube amplifier superior to
> >>> semiconductors. One's available at present are major $$. I sent my
> >>> Hickock tube checker and many hundreds of tubes to the landfill 20
years
> >>> ago.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ken Smith
> >>> Gulf Technical Services
> >>> 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway
> >>> Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
> >>> 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:31:02 -0700 (PDT) walter wood
> >>> <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> US OLD Timers, did not use, and still do not use
> >>>> such a shotgun approch to repair.
> >>>> Tubes were NOT all that undependable, and certainly
> >>>> didn't all wear out at the same time.
> >>>> It depended on the equipment, of course, but I've
> >>>> seen some last 40 years or more.
> >>>> If you have one that is not lit up, it may still be
> >>>> good.
> >>>> It may have simply lost it's filiment voltage.
> >>>> Why do you suspect the tubes??
> >>>> The real problem is more likely to be a missing
> >>>> voltage or a bad capacitor, just like today's
> >>>> stuff.
> >>>> Walter
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Hello Techs,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> A customer turned in a tape player,that don't
> >>>>> have audio out,remember the
> >>>>> reel-to-reel ones? I suspect it is the vacuum
> >>>>> tubes,so I decided to replace
> >>>>> all of them...all 8,didn't the old timers used to
> >>>>> do that,replace all them
> >>>>> tubes?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Any good suppliers you know of?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Marcello for
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Electronics Service Inc.
> >>>>>> 808 841-1560
> >>>>>> www.pinoyelectronics.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> =====
> >>>> Walter Wood
> >>>> Future Tech Home Center
> >>>> 2786 Hwy. 43 N.
> >>>> Lawrenceburg Tn. 38464
> >>>> 931-829-3337
> >>>> Fax 931-829-4044
> >>>> mailto:wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx
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