Ok so I have a new toy a Hickok 6000 and am having a grand old time learning how to use it.
A little question that's been puzzling me when looking at the settings for testing tubes and I am not entirely sure which settings to use for getting appropriate readings.
In this instance I am looking at the 6080 varieties firstly as I was generally under the impression that a 6080 and a 6as7 where essentially the same other than their glass enclosure but I note differing settings on my testers tube charts.
It is the shunt settings that are different can anyone shed some light on what the shunt value is and is there some form of interpolation between the two differing shunt values that need to be applied for differing varieties of letter suffix also is this adjustment due to differing bottle size?
Out of interest how might setting the shunt at 81 half way between the two effect the reading would it be safe to try out of curiosity?
6080 7,5 HY-4506-2 100 83 A 3400 Triode No. 1
6080 7,5 HY-1203-5 100 83 A 3400 Triode No. 2
6AS7 7,5 HY-4506-2 100 79 A 2600 Triode No. 1
6AS7 7,5 HY-1203-5 100 79 A 2600 Triode No. 2
The second question is interpolation between US and UK manufactured tubes I am guessing it will be ok to test UK made Mullard or Brimar 6080 using the same tester settings for the 6080 US manufactured tubes and the same would go for UK 6as7 varieties?
If anyone can shed a little light on the subject it would help
Cheers
« Last Edit: August 23, 2014, 05:44:36 AM by JamieMcC »
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