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Originally Posted by Eric H
lastly I tried my Accurate Instruments Tube Tester, it's primarily a tube tester but it does have leads for testing the basic CRT types. It took a little warming up but it did crawl up into the good range on this tester so I'm assuming it's at least usable.
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If your Accurate tester is anything like my model 257 then you use the diodes OK scale for crts. In other words you get a whole lot more green! I'll just tell ya, I recently found my Accurate tester and I couldn't be happier. It is small and lightweight and is capable of testing what I call first and second generation black and white crt types (40-60s) and first generation color "roundie" crts. Also, it can test newer regular tubes like I will find in my 1964 Zenith color set and Compactrons. This is perfect for me as it suits every need that I can imagine, based on my collection interests.
I have two Hickok testers that seem to have a dozen settings for every tube and don't have CRT capability. Someone told me that the Hickok stuff is the stuff you want to have. I think that they are like a DuMont TV in that they are super well built with a lot of overkill bells and whistles to market as high end equipment. For years I used an old Sylvania tester from the fifties, but eventually I became limited to the timeframe in which it was built and could not test a lot of tubes. It is a great standby because it is old enough to test the old "light bulb" radio tubes like the 01A.