[Central-Electronics] 6550

[manualman at juno.com]

6550's are great tubes. 
The Tube Store has them:
http://www.thetubestore.com/Tubes/6550-Tube-Types
The Svetlana or Sovtek should work fine.  I saw earlier today there were
some GE's up for sale on ebay.

If you can open the meter up, it might be just some dust or some other
foreign material in the spring area.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:01:15 -0700 Gordon <gordon at n6wk.com> writes:
> I am almost finished with my CE-100V Restoration.
> Today I discovered that my 6550 finals are bad.
> I have about 8 watts going into the grids and less then 1 watt 
> output.
> Voltages check fine on the Finals. Where is the best place to buy a 
> new 
> pair? Or, is there a better tube that can be used?
> Also, I notice that my meter action seems sticky. Sometimes it drops 
> 
> back past Zero, other times it stops above zero.
> Anyone have a meter or movement to sell?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gordon
> N6WK