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Old 03-08-2013, 08:42 PM
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Cold weather may crack locktal tubes!!!

I'm finishing repairs on a radio that uses locktal tubes. I replaced one that went bad adeveloped a crack on side. Today I went and put new tube in and another one went bad same way! Keep these tubes out of cold storage above 40F. Tubes ran a long time while hot, the glass these are made of are of minimal thickness and I don't think can handle thermal stress of cold.
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