[ARC5] Replacing a gas VR with a zener (Was reduced B+ Report)

[Neil]

> Why not use a small glass cutter, cut the glass at the base, remove the old valve,
> insert the board mounted on the old base, replace and glue the glass back and even better still,
> it will then look like a valve from the outside!
>
> Ben.

If you can dig out the glue that holds the glass envelope to the base, you can twist
the envelope until the lead-out wires break, leaving the glass intact.
I did that at least once in order to salvage a base and use it for a plug.
There may be enough room in the base to fit a zener and still allow the envelope
to be reattached.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM