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Old 02-07-2011, 09:34 PM
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Several of the early Hickok testers use an 83 and a 5Y3 like the I-177. I tried a solid state replacement in mine, but couldn't get the line adjust set properly. I suspect there aren't any dropping resistors in the SS device though since it runs cool. I ended up putting an 83 tube in there and it works fine. It sure does get hot though.
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