Re: Are my 6100 tubes really bad?

From: <MKDUD_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 12:15:11 EDT

In a message dated 9/25/00 12:37:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
someotherguy@mediaone.net writes:

<< When
 HV is applied to them, they make a sizzling sort of sound, glow
 purplish/blue in the neck, and don't display a picture. >>

Look for a hairline crack along the neck - your symptoms don't sound good.
These are classic symptoms of a fracture in the tube. Does it sound like
"water boiling in a garbage can" when power is applied??
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Received on Tue Sep 26 12:25:07 2000

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