SOLD
Asking $400 plus shipping
Military style TV-2 C/U tube tester made by La Pointe Industries Inc. These were made by many companies for the military, most famously Hickok.
Quite intricate and somewhat complicated tester. It is easy to use if you follow the directions for general use and for the particular tube being tested.
The unit tests in percent quality, not microohmos, just as the military TV-7 types do.
I purchased it 12 years ago just after it was modified and calibrated. It has a digital replacement for the “percent quality” meter and a milliameter in place of the plate voltage meter. Beyond that it has had the old electrolytic cans replaced with modern electrolytics.
The unit is in overall very good condition. All parts function. It has a spare 83 rectifier tube in place, and I am also including a solid state 83 rectifier replacement if you would like to use that and recalibrate for it’s use.
It has always tested comparably to other Hickok and computerized testers I have had in the past. I did test a 12au7 and it is testing the same as it did a number of years ago.
The sale includes the tester in case, a few extra socket savers, the 83 solid state rectifier substitute, 3 different tube data books/photocopies, copy of the maintenance manual, an analog plate volt meter if you wish to replace the milliameter, schematics, and a CD with these data sheets and a few other odds and ends.
I prefer a local sale as the cost to ship looks to be north of $100 due to size and weight of the unit. Also, I could not guarantee the unit to arrive in working condition due to the gorillas handling it for ground transport.
USA shipping only.
Military style TV-2 C/U tube tester made by La Pointe Industries Inc. These were made by many companies for the military, most famously Hickok.
Quite intricate and somewhat complicated tester. It is easy to use if you follow the directions for general use and for the particular tube being tested.
The unit tests in percent quality, not microohmos, just as the military TV-7 types do.
I purchased it 12 years ago just after it was modified and calibrated. It has a digital replacement for the “percent quality” meter and a milliameter in place of the plate voltage meter. Beyond that it has had the old electrolytic cans replaced with modern electrolytics.
The unit is in overall very good condition. All parts function. It has a spare 83 rectifier tube in place, and I am also including a solid state 83 rectifier replacement if you would like to use that and recalibrate for it’s use.
It has always tested comparably to other Hickok and computerized testers I have had in the past. I did test a 12au7 and it is testing the same as it did a number of years ago.
The sale includes the tester in case, a few extra socket savers, the 83 solid state rectifier substitute, 3 different tube data books/photocopies, copy of the maintenance manual, an analog plate volt meter if you wish to replace the milliameter, schematics, and a CD with these data sheets and a few other odds and ends.
I prefer a local sale as the cost to ship looks to be north of $100 due to size and weight of the unit. Also, I could not guarantee the unit to arrive in working condition due to the gorillas handling it for ground transport.
USA shipping only.
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I am surprised that no one in the US has jumped on this tester, now at $400.
You might be right , but having had many tube testers here over the years - a good and accurate one is hard to find these days and they were commanding big money only a year or so ago for A GOOD ONE. Hope you find a buyer soon.
You probably will not have any problem selling it on eBay.
You probably will not have any problem selling it on eBay.