[tvcollector]

I'm not worried as I was with the last deal with someone whom did a horrible job at packing, and the tube arrived physically damaged.. Plastic cap damaged along with internal damage in the neck. That tube when on the tester had a yellowish glow and a flicker,and not to mention tapping the neck to get the filament to fire up.. So now I have the original tube and a "bad deal" tube, and i don't know what to do with them as they are just taking up space i don't have...

I was thinking it was the tester.. Probably didn't read everything correctly, as mentioned above.. I think I've noticed it misread a few other tubes in the past, seems to be with the roundies.. I don't have the chassis on me, my friend who repairs these old TV's for me has it, I'm just waiting on him to come pick up the tube, to install it.. I'll tell him just to install the tube into the chassis without putting it on his tester... I'm almost 100% sure the tube is fine.. Just wanted some feedback, and thankyou all for the info.. The whole chassis needed recapping along with a couple of resistors etc.

The tube arrived in great condition from Bill and looks to be very well taken care of..