[TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
- From: "res0vjlk" <electronic.service@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:29:51 -1000
Hello techs,
I am sorry Walter,I did not mean to offend. I thought what an old tech
friend meant to say was,'just to be on the safe side'you might as well
change them all for the benefit of the customer and the tech'.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
Marcello for
Electronics Service Inc.
808 841-1560
www.pinoyelectronics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:31 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Vacuum tubes...
>
>
> 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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