[R-390] ballast tubes
Rbethman
rbethman at comcast.net
Tue Dec 28 07:27:36 EST 2004
Oh yes!
One of the sources/distributors with a GRAND total of S-I-X (6) on hand,
SAYS you can order up to 99999 of them.
They are PRICED at $163.00 - - - E--A--C--H
Think I'll stick with the 10W sand resistor backup when the last 3TF7 dies!
Bob - N0DGN
> Dave Merrill wrote:
>Amperite lists them as available, but when you call a distributor
>they quote you over $100 per ballast.
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>>I notice according to Amperite website's section on Amperite Ballast
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>tubes<http://www.amperite.com/Uploads/Ballasts.pdf> (PDF) they still have
>the following ballast tubes in stock.
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>>3TF7, 3TF7A, 3TF7B, 3TF7H. There was another site I have not re
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>discovered which is devoted to the restoration of tube
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>>type guitar amp's. Many of these amp's used ballast tubes. One of the
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>sites had the calculations for a substitution using an small
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>>incandescent light bulb and a resister for the a ballast tube. I am still
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>looking......
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Bob Bethman - N0DGN
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