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Originally Posted by vts1134
Fired the set up and got this.
Fired her down immediately. Is this normal? Just a burn off process or a symptom of another problem? |
It can be a bit normal in POWER tubes... but you shouldn't see that in a rectifier. (Especially not that much- I assume that was a normal exposure.) Here's a
30 second exposure of the output tubes in my radio... and this was at a good volume for comparison.
To echo the other folks, look for a dead short. Keep the old 1X2 on hand-- it might still be good!
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Originally Posted by vts1134
Maybe that's what was wrong with the problem with the other tube.
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--> Though I do have to admit, that _is_ a very nice blue colour to see for real. Cameras don't do it justice.