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Old 04-12-2011, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JB5pro View Post
the silver getter looks like new silver and not white on my screen. The white stuff all over looks like that odd mold that gets all over electronic stuff. Could the dark areas on the screen be dirt from a smokey house? Could the tube have been saved because it had very low hours judging by the bright red RCA stamp on the black plastic? Maybe pulled from a set with a chassis that was deemed to much to repair? I just hope all will be certain that is a bad tube before it goes to trash because that silver getter looks new to me not white like others say.
I think the filament burned up...you can see the black ring inside the neck.
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