Description
In this video, we'll dig through an enormous lot of FREE Vacuum Tubes that were given to me at a recent Audio Swap Meet (Flea Market). I brought home boxes and boxes of unwanted tubes to see if there were any hidden gems...sure enough there were PLENTY!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 INTRO
0:54 5693 Tubes (Industrial 6SJ7)
1:35 Sorting a box of loose tubes
2:32 GE Compactron Tubes
6:08 GE VT121 / JHY 955 Acorn Tube
8:14 6GH8A Tubes Used in Guitar Amps
9:55 Restoring the RCA Tube Caddy
21:27 Magic Eye Tubes (1629, 6E5 Cat's Eye)
22:44 Tube Relay
24:40 How I Keep Track of My Tube Inventory
26:42 JAN 6X4/X1DR Solid State Rectifiers
28:09 Nixie Tube (Varian National NL5441)
28:38 GE 5751, GE 12AT7, Amperex 6201
29:25 Oddball Tubes - Western Electric 717A Radar Tube and 7193 (6J5 Equivalent)
30:15 NOS Cap Cans with OCTAL SOCKETS!
31:46 RCA Horizontal Output Tube Hot Check Lamp
33:57 Oneida Pig Tail IL-250 Copper Fuse Leads
37:54 Even More Tubes!!!
38:58 5642 Subminiature Dual Diode, Bristol Company 7-Pin Synchroverter Switch, GE GL-446A Lighthouse Tubes
41:51 Sylvania 12AU7A from 1972
44:09 Octal Tubes: 6SJ7, 6W6, 6AC7, 6K6, 6N7, 6J5, 6SQ7, 6SK7, 6V6, 6X5, 6L7...
48:57 Bill Gates Leaves the Chat
51:39 ERS Model LC157 Solar Quartz Wristwatch