3 Tube Testers (comparison)
Loading...
Uploader Comments (TheVintageAttic)
All Comments (12)
-
Hello! Are there any copies available of the chart on the roll guide of the Superior TV-11. The one one mine is missing. djrgary@yahoo.com
-
Did you have them all calibrated?
-
@TheVintageAttic - I've heard of slightly overvolting the 6L6 "Tuning Eye" tubes in order to brighten them up enough to keep using them. I had an old Magnavox radio from the early fifties; my grandmother gave it to me so she would'nt have to pay VA taxes on it anymore and it was enormous! I almost got it working, except for what looked like a round, white ceramic piece with a round metal strip embedded in it that had cracked.
-
Very nice comparison. Very nice tube testers too.
-
seems like the first 2 testers have approx. the same reading when looking not at the numbers but at the % of full scale.
-
Not yet. In a couple months, I'll start playing with it and figure out how to calibrate it properly. It's alsmost spot on at the moment though.
5:59
Matching 6V6 Vacuum Tubes With The Tektronix 576 Curve Tracerby audiotubes1,928 views- 0:06
Breast Flexingby DeLaRime2,485,069 views
- 8:26
Hickok Model 752A Tube Testerby AllAmericanFiveRadio1,893 views
- 9:37
Tube Testersby AllAmericanFiveRadio7,557 views
- 1:24
How to use a Dim Bulb Tester - Good Tube Radioby ppinyot3,602 views
- 1:11
Testing a brand new circa 70 year old Western Electric 300B (gone)by pandolin14,020 views
- 9:48
The Learning Series - Vacuum Tubes and Amps Part 8by farmall19381,102 views
- 5:10
Replacing and Biasing Amp Tubesby mojomusicalsupply73,787 views
- 2:03
ECC 81 Tube testby jcrubin782,992 views
- 6:30
sencore TC142 V tube test 6JG6A, 6JE6Cby 11122233331111,008 views
- 19:37
I-177B Tube Tester Calibrationby bandersentv1,190 views
- 8:36
Tech Ed 14 -Replacing Tubes in a Guitar Ampby blackstrat71228,381 views
- 6:47
EMC model 200 Mutual Conductance Tube Tester (part 2)by DrZEEworkshop649 views
- 3:52
Tube Testerby grayeagle4734,386 views
- 3:21
Power Tube Comparisonby RowdyBreezer2,502 views
- 3:04
precision model 660 tube testerby yinglyca1577 views
- 2:25
TV-7 D/U Tube Tester 米軍真空管試験機by radio1ban642 views
- 2:23
My "new" Hickok 605A Tube Tester, and Analyzerby dynatrak497 views
- 2:46
15GP22 CRT TEST RCA CT100by shango066856 views
I read that putting tubes in the freezer strengthens them; is this true?
AloneAndOld 10 months ago
@AloneAndOld
No, it makes no difference. That's just audiophoolery. Once tubes get a lot of use and wear, there isn't any way to improve them. Unless it's low emission on the older tubes that used thoriated tungsten filaments. Those could be slightly over volted to burn off the top layer of the filament to improve emission. But, that was early tubes only, as far as I know.
TheVintageAttic 10 months ago
Is this due to a calibration problem or bad caps perhaps?
compu85 2 years ago
No, even after recapping these,they all read roughly the same still.
The B&K 606 has left me and back with its original owner now. Once the weather gets better, I will do another video like this with my newly acquired mint Simpson 1000 tube tester.
TheVintageAttic 2 years ago
great idea!
I usually don't condemn a tube unless it is dead. I just got the tubes today for my old Philco. I did not test them yet. I'm gonna wait til I get the caps. I noticed that the 5Y3 check in the ? sometimes. Just think if they made digital tube testers with modern technology, they'd analize a tube for more accurately.
umajunkcollector 2 years ago
Neither do I. I only throw tubes away if there's a defect like broken glass. I've seen a couple digital tube testers online, but I think that they would have the same shortcomings as an antique tester. They could test certain tubes better, but who knows.
TheVintageAttic 2 years ago