Art:
Thanks for the info and the references.
Interestingly enough of the 8 or so responses I've received, there seems
to be a wide variance, according to the respondees, as to what EIMAC
specs as the proper warm-up time. Some said 3 min, some said 5 min and
some said 10 min. So as it goes, everybody has an opinion.......not
necessarily facts however.
It got me to thinking, wonder what other tube makers spec as warm-up
time. Perhaps different tube folks have different numbers. I don't
have a clue where the 1 min figure came from as I built the amp and PSU
some 8+ years ago.
Anyway, this tube has 8043.8 hours on it. I put them all on it myself.
Still cranks out the same power today as it did 8 years ago. In
actuality, I doubt that it's ever been hit with RF drive within 10 or so
min of turn-on. The fan/fil timer does time-out, allowing HV to be
turned on, in 62 sec however.
Guess I been lucky.
73
Bob K4TAX
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