Re: A question about vacuum tubes

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

I would give Buddy Giordano a call at WODS, he's their chief engineer and
is an old radio buff, he could probably answer your questions and might
even have the tubes.  Use my name if you'd like
df

On Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:21:24 -0400 "A. Joseph Ross"
<lawyer@attorneyross.com> writes:
> I'm sure there are some people around here old enough to be familiar 
> with 
> how tube sets work.  I have an old Zenith AM-FM radio with a rather 
> nice 
> sound, but it's had some problems lately.  I diagnosed the problem 
> as the 
> audio output tube, which is 35C5.  I had an old 50C5 tube, which was 
> used 
> for the same purpose in AM-only radios, I substituted it, and it 
> works 
> well (I seem to remember something about it being sort of OK to do 
> that 
> if the substituted tube had a higher voltage, as represented by the 
> initial number.).  My question is whether there's any harm to the 
> radio 
> in leaving it that way, or whether I really ought to look for a 35C5 
> from 
> somewhere.
> 
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