= About removing cataracts =

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by old_tv_nut

The regulator tube problem was not leaded vs. unleaded glass, but tubes that were constructed crookedly so that the source of x-rays at the anode was not blocked by the metal structure at the bottom of the tube. If a defective regulator was mounted vertically and had no shielding underneath, a kid sitting up close with legs under the set would have his legs in the path of the stray x-rays.

Interesting! But wouldn't the leaded glass envelope for the 6BK4 reduce the X-ray emission regardless? or was the stem/header at the base not leaded glass?
Our family cat got better after the 6BK4 was replaced with a leaded one.

jr