Re: [neonixie-l] Rescued some tubes - now what?

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 07:37:14 -0700

6E5 is one of the most common eye tubes, but if it's still good and bright, (a tube tester will show this), it can still be used for something. Don't throw them away as they can still be used by someone. Put the whole lot up on Ebay if you have to. I have seen from time to time, projects out there using eye tubes. The 6E5 and IIRC the 6U5 and 6G5 were all really easy to use as they all had a triode amplifier built into the same envelope. Good for you for saving them. A shame for those old radios. Ira. 

On 7/13/2015 5:48 AM, Andy Tefft wrote:
This is slightly off-topic but I knew some of you would have knowledge and interest :-) 


I rescued some tubes from a couple of old (40's and 50's) radios that 
were getting the crowbar treatment (although I started to, that story 
is too sad to recount). One of them surprised me by having a magic eye 
tube, which I've never seen in person, which is what prompted me to 
pull out all the tubes I could. Wish I'd had time to salvage sockets 
as well.



Now, I am not a tube guy. I don't know if any of these work or whether 
they'd be worth ebaying if they did work. One of the radios did at 
least amplify the dust noise in the volume knob.  I'd love to make 
something with them (the magic eye especially) but don't have the time 
to learn or to do it.



What I do know is that I'd rather have them get used than end up in a 
dumpster. Is there any value at all in salvaged tubes? I think the 
magic eye is a 6e5 type (I don't have them with me and haven't made a 
list yet). Anyone seen a decent kit I can plug this into that will 
just do "something"?

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