>
>I wrote:
>
>> >>>The tubes. 3-500Z's often don't do well sitting for years. They tend to
>> >>>gas up a bit, and may flash over when powered up.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> In spite of Mr. Devine's attempt to portray the above as untrue, I can
>> attest from one personal experience that it does indeed happen. I put a
>> SB-1000 in storage in '94 while it was working perfectly, and when
>> powering it up in '00, the 3-500Z was so gassy it instantly blew the mains
>> fuse.
>>
>> Comments, Mr. Devine?
>
>I think he was being egged-on by someone else Bill.
>
>I'm sure most of the people on this reflector know that some
>transmitting tubes, especially glass tubes with large seal areas
>where leads enter the tube, do tend to gas-up when sitting unused.
>
>Since that fact ruins part of the great parasitic theory, you can
>expect someone to attempt to bury the truth through childish
>comments.
>
>
My alltime favorite stories are "cold gettering" and "the disappearing
barnacle".
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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