I stopped buying 6844's several years ago because even tested ones were pretty weak, and now I will only buy tubes clearly marked as 5092.
On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 12:03:06 PM UTC-7 nixiebunny wrote: > They had a short lifetime so they got replaced earlier in the lifetime of > the product. In some cases the dead tubes were put into the boxes of their > replacement tubes instead of being thrown out like they should have been. > At least that's the conclusion I came to when buying thrm on eBay 20 years > ago. > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 10:43 AM chuckrr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does anybody here know why so many of the Burroughs B-6844 tubes found >> "untested" on Ebay are dead? >> >> Conversely, I have found that a much better bet for untested 6844A tubes >> are the National NL-6844A ones. >> >> Those seem tio always have a much better chance of still being good. >> >> Anyone know why? >> >> >> >> Chuck >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/202209221043691.SM102995%40ADT-IM1 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/202209221043691.SM102995%40ADT-IM1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3aabdf8c-3c30-4a37-9c04-5c4a4bef66ban%40googlegroups.com.
