[sdiy] Vactrol - lessons learned

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Actually, my dad had his own tube tester.  Which I also used when I was a
kid.  I built stuff with pretty much 100% used parts.  There were times when
it was nice to be able to check a tube when things weren't working.

WeAreAs1 at aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 10/24/04 5:33:48 AM, music.maker at gte.net writes:
>
><< Heh heh, reminds of the "old days", cheap TV sets with vacuum tubes and
>all filaments in series.  Which one blew?  Take them ALL out and ohm them
>if you can, or run down with the box of tubes to the local electonics
>store and plug them into the tester one at a time... >>
>
>To the electronics store?  Come on, Scott, admit that you can remember when 
>they used to have those tube testers in grocery stores and supermarkets, 
>usually somewhere near the dry goods or the checkout stands.
>
>Somehow, I just never could put much trust those machines, though -- 
>particularly the ones in grocery stores.
>
>Michael long-in-the-tooth Bacich
>

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