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[Michaels HiFi]

This is the unit I paid $100 to an EE to get running and he failed to get it running.

After I spent some time with it, poking around, and changing some things, this happened.....

 

[atmasphere]

This is the unit I paid $100 to an EE to get running and he failed to get it running.

After I spent some time with it, poking around, and changing some things, this happened.....

Most of the tube testers I've seen have had really minor problems, mostly due to age. Some of them are difficult just because of figuring out how to use them (especially older ones like this)!

 

[Michaels HiFi]

Most of the tube testers I've seen have had really minor problems, mostly due to age. Some of them are difficult just because of figuring out how to use them (especially older ones like this)!

It's interesting, starting to deal with these things I feel like I learned there are different ways of looking at this gear.

I think there is traditional electronics fixing and then what I'm calling "vintage" electronics fixing. It's almost two different ways of looking at the electronics and fixing potential problems.

For instance one of my testers I received would not read 45 tubes. I think many would open up the unit and start trouble shooting (I would have). My old tube buddy friend (he used to work on tube testers in the Navy) instead had me simply stick a pipe cleaner sprayed with QD cleaner in the 4 pin socket on the tester without opening anything.

Bingo, it worked wonders.

I bet with everything you've worked on you approach it a similar way.