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Got some 6n3c-e (6p3s-e)with blank bulb?

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banaca

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Just got myself some NOS NIB 5881 6n3c-E big bulb 6L6GC vacuum tubes... they are blank??? Generic??? Nothing written on them. The guy who sold them to me said they are from Russia ( like the 6p3s-e) They are coin base etc... they are mathed quad '48' written on the box. Any info on those???
 

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I have used those a lot. Just refer to the specifications of 5881, not 6L6GC.
In my constructions - UL - the supply voltage has been 450 V, Raa 6k6 and output power some 30...35 W. Typical optimum quiescent cathode current is some 46...50 mA.
I have had no problems at all.
 
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banaca

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elektroj said:
Yes, just one ring shaped getter holder. :confused: I've only seen them with two holders in the form of small plates and, I mean, I've seen hundreds of these.. (at some point I had around 3000 from the mid '80's)
Besides, the the glass envelope of the tube in your picture on the right doesn't look straight.
Maybe they're rejects?
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Maybe they are rejets... they do look straight here :eek: I don't know... anyway, I did see that the Electro Harmonix 6L6 has the same getter as mine... strange...I will post a pic of it...look..
 

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