You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:06 pm
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You want tubes, you say..?
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Re: You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:45 pm
There was video of tubes being made, by the machines and robot types. Could have been Germany or England, Telefunkens or Mullards.
Re: You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:12 pm
Yes, all in East Germany, The "WF" plant (TV electronics), I read.
Werk für Fernsehelektronik
Someone found these in company archives.
Werk für Fernsehelektronik
Someone found these in company archives.
Re: You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:09 am
The biggest tube I ever saw was at an antique shop. It was bigger than a 750ml wine bottle and had a laminated printout of its characteristics. I think it was GE and rated to something like 20 kilowatts (I could be wrong on the brand, but pretty certain of the magnitude of the wattage rating). I had a photo somewhere, but couldn't find it.
Re: You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:42 am
I took laid to the dump, and there was a hammon organ with 100,s of tubes. I crabbed about 20. Some el84 and 6l6, s) should of got more.
Re: You want tubes, you say..?
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:03 am
Likely a radio or TV transmitter tube. They would run with massive power supplies that converted mains power to 20,000 volts DC, and an array of tubes could get over 100 kilowatts for long range broadcasts.Gear_Junky wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:09 am The biggest tube I ever saw was at an antique shop. It was bigger than a 750ml wine bottle and had a laminated printout of its characteristics. I think it was GE and rated to something like 20 kilowatts (I could be wrong on the brand, but pretty certain of the magnitude of the wattage rating). I had a photo somewhere, but couldn't find it.