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19th September 2011, 11:21 PM
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frustrated ,Bought a 845 NOS - springs are discconnected need help
Just bought pair of NOS 845 , Tubes looks perfect and unused.
One tube is pefect but the other one has moving parts inside - The springs of the top been dissconnected. Before trying it on the amp- I need advice what is the meanning of this? Is it a dead tube now? |
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19th September 2011, 11:24 PM
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Location: Auckland, NZ
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send it back...
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19th September 2011, 11:31 PM
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"The supercomputer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." ~ Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University Last edited by HollowState; 19th September 2011 at 11:33 PM. |
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19th September 2011, 11:34 PM
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regardless of the meaning, a moving piece of metal inside a glass envelope that is handling high voltage is never a good thing.
Send it back.
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19th September 2011, 11:51 PM
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"NOS" means the part might be 50 or more years old. You should not be surprised to find defects in 50 year old parts now and then. |
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19th September 2011, 11:59 PM
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 well... Wish there's a place or person that able to fix such fault.... It's very rare to find such tube these days and throwing it to grabbage  I contact the seller for the issue - he explain the paid for insurance shipping, but I'm not really famliar claiming my money back - never done that and i never got any broken tube. it's a lot of money to risk - i hope i'll get my money back
Last edited by avico78; 20th September 2011 at 12:03 AM. |
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