Fw: Re: [Boatanchors] NOS

[windy10605 at juno.com]

That's right !  Bringing it up carefully/slowly with a variac AFTER a
quick inspection is OK. I've been told many times by someone who bought a
radio that they plugged it in and sure enough it did "light up" ...and
"smoke up" as the electrolytic or come series component to it drew
"excessive" current. If the seller does not know to do this, I'd just as
soon they didn't try it out. There are also people out there who just got
something at a garage sale or out of granny's attic and really don't know
how to take it apart. I know that's difficult for most members on this
reflector to believe   ....but they are out there, not handy at all, use
screwdrivers as chisels, or as pry bars to move a refrigerator (ruining
the floor in the process).

73 Kees K5BCQ




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From: <pmills7 at houston.rr.com>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:41:06 -0500
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] NOS
Message-ID: <000d01c6c761$6c389340$6401a8c0 at w5bvb>
References: <44ED1AFE.4020608 at att.net>

In my opinion, turning on a piece of equipment that has sat unused for
years
just to "see if it lights up" is about as bad and as stupid of a thing as
is 
possible
to do.

73, Phil
W5BVB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <telegrapher at att.net>
To: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:20 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] NOS


> I'd like for someone to tell me how all the sellers on that auction
place 
> that can't turn on a radio or remove screws in a cabinet or chassis to 
> look inside the radio, "because i don't want to damage it", can sell
tubes 
> graded NOS.  What makes them NOS versus plain old used? How can they
tell 
> Which way is which way?  I must be getting to old to understand these 
> experts line of thought.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
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