Tube Brands

[Charlie]

Man... how the hell do ya go through 50,000 tubes??? That's a whole new hobby!!

One odd item I came across... a Genalex A2426. Didn't find much on the web for it, but apparently there are a few out there. Noticed one or two on ebay on the other side of the rock. Truetone tubes... I see those regularly... likely pulls from radios/tvs. I see Panasonic tubes now and then... not as often as other oddballs.

I've noticed in the past couple of days that 6GH8's seem to be the ones to fail most often in a tester... mostly due to shorts.

I still have a few more boxes to go through... but I am really kinda burned out on this. The only thing that's been making it interesting is the odd ball brands that I come across now and then.

One thing is for sure... there are certain tubes that I won't have to look for anymore. I won't be looking for any video IF or video output tubes anytime soon!