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TV X-ray danger... I am a nay-sayer. According to all that I have heard, the X-radiation produced by the high voltage supply in a color TV is harmless, unless you sleep inside the HV box for 1,350 years or something. Same as "drinking diet coke causes cancer". It does, if you drink 80 gallons per hour for 200 years, or something like that. I just love those government scare studies. "all things in moderation"
I would be more worried about RF radiation from cellphones. They say that brain tumors are on the rise, and on the same side of the head usually as where the victim holds a telephone among those who are glued to their phones in all phases of life. RF radiation, or just damaged tissue from hearing hours of "MaryboughtanewvacuumcleanerJoehadanaffairwiththem ailman'swifeinKansas,andOh,Ijustmissedmyfreewayexi tandIranaschoolbusofftheroadWOOPS!gotta-gonow-OhButIforgottosaythatIneedmorevinegarformyfootfung us-canyoupicksomeup?bleep-bleepDroppedcall...." That would give ME a brain tumor, and a pain in the buttocks as well. Glad I am not one of those people!
Enough of that I guess...
How about a 6BD4? Those are kind of rare, and are electrically the same as a 6BK4. Those seem to be in only 1955-57 color sets. They're neat looking, with a larger base than the 6BK/6EL4s. I wonder if those were even less shielded, or if they just weren't as good-working as the later tubes?
Charles
Last edited by Kaye-Halbert TV; 05-10-2006 at 11:25 AM.
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