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MullyFX
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Germany
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Posted - 11/23/2008 :  12:33:47  Show Profile  Visit MullyFX's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi,

I recently got a box of old rectifier tubes.... I guess most are no good anymore but there are two 6X5's that fit my amp and seem okay.

Would I risk damaging the amp if I tested them (inside the amp) to see if they work or not - or would the amp just be silent?

cheers,
mully

sp-1
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Germany
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Posted - 11/23/2008 :  12:50:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey MullyFX,long time no see What have you been up to lately ?

And I was wondering how your girlfriend's business is doing ?
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MullyFX
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Germany
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Posted - 11/23/2008 :  13:57:18  Show Profile  Visit MullyFX's Homepage  Reply with Quote
heya...

well I'm quite busy recently... I'm back in uni getting my master of arts degree.

and I'm still wanting to sell most of my pedals and fear that I'm not welcome here anymore - hehe

her dogtraining is doing fine... could be better but at this time of year most people wanna stay inside. On the other hand she's got more time to spend with mullchen

so how's your life been treating you... hope everything's fine on the spectrum front.

cheers,
mully

Edited by - MullyFX on 11/23/2008 13:58:24
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the-destructor
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USA
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Posted - 11/23/2008 :  20:02:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Damn... Sorry!

I thought the topic was "Rectal Tubes". Oops.

T-D
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DeFrag
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USA
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Posted - 11/23/2008 :  22:20:35  Show Profile  Visit DeFrag's Homepage  Click to see DeFrag's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Don't get "too" busy not to pop in here now & again Mully! We've wondered where you've been..
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MullyFX
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Germany
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Posted - 11/24/2008 :  17:50:17  Show Profile  Visit MullyFX's Homepage  Reply with Quote
nah... I still read the topics everyday... just too busy to post sometimes... but even that won't last forever ;)
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MullyFX
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Germany
753 Posts

Posted - 11/29/2008 :  15:17:45  Show Profile  Visit MullyFX's Homepage  Reply with Quote
well I guess that's a YES/NO/MAYBE to my original question then
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Laurie
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Canada
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Posted - 11/29/2008 :  15:46:09  Show Profile  Visit Laurie's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by MullyFX

Hi,
there are two 6X5's that fit my amp and seem okay.


Hi Mully! Just want to confirm you mean that the amp uses 6X5's? If so, you will *probably* be OK trying them - no guarantees nothing will break. If the old ones have somestrange fault (shorted plates, etc.) you might cause problems.
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stahlhart
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Posted - 11/30/2008 :  00:00:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You should be careful both with rectifier tubes as well as outputs.

The chances are probably slim, but they are still there that a catastrophically bad tube could take out either a power or an output transformer. Probably better to vet the tubes out on a tester first -- a tester won't really tell you how good they'll work at full load, but you can at least spot potentially nasty things such as heater to cathode shorts.

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MullyFX
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Germany
753 Posts

Posted - 11/30/2008 :  12:17:58  Show Profile  Visit MullyFX's Homepage  Reply with Quote
ah okay then.... well I'll just use them as decoration then.... thanks guys... no need to risk my amp.

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