[ForSale-Swap] Tubes for Tube Tester

Ross Primrose n4rp at aiko.com
Wed Oct 28 02:38:38 EDT 2009


ZL2AAA wrote:
> The 83 was an 80 with mercury and slightly higher parameters .I would try 
> and find an 80 to use solid state would increase voltages and with caps of 
> that vintage could cause more problems.Morrie
>   

You don't want to use an 80. The reason most of the tube testers used 
83s is that the voltage drop is fairly constant over a wide range of 
current. Tube testers are pretty much useless if the HV supply sags 
under load.... 83s are NOT that hard to come by.

73, Ross N4RP

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