[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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