I had an IN-17 break on me and I was surprised at how little force broke it.
John S
On 23 Sep 2016, at 16:12, Trumpeter wrote:
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> I have a lot of my other tubes stored loose in plastic bags (20-30 in a large
> ziplock for instance) then placed inside a box with a label that indicted the
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I have a lot of my other tubes stored loose in plastic bags (20-30 in a large
ziplock for instance) then placed inside a box with a label that indicted the
tube type. This incident with the in-17 makes me rethink this practice. The
glass on the in17 is surprisingly thin.
My wife thinks I'm
Hi and welcome! IN17s aren't really any different to other tubes I've
encountered in terms of fragility, so it's either a freak tube or somebody
dropped something on the box.
Nick
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> On Sep 23, 2016, at 07:32, Trumpeter wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> I'm new here but this
Hello all,
I'm new here but this is a great resource, glad I found it.
When I received my kit (pv electronics kit with 4xIN12 and 2xIN-17) I unwrapped
the tubes to inspect and placed them back in the box loose, thinking nothing of
it. When it was time to solder the IN-17s to the board I found
