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I have a very few NOS tubes that have been in a box for years. Is there any reason to power them up periodically?
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mcp6453 wrote:
I have a very few NOS tubes that have been in a box for years. Is there any reason to power them up periodically? Only if you want to make them "Used" instead of NOS. -- ~ Roy "If you notice the sound, it's wrong!" |
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On 10/11/2014 11:45 AM, Roy W. Rising wrote:
mcp6453 wrote: I have a very few NOS tubes that have been in a box for years. Is there any reason to power them up periodically? Only if you want to make them "Used" instead of NOS. Capacitors deteriorate without voltage across them. Is that not true for tubes? I guess not. |
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On 2014-10-11, mcp6453 wrote:
On 10/11/2014 11:45 AM, Roy W. Rising wrote: mcp6453 wrote: I have a very few NOS tubes that have been in a box for years. Is there any reason to power them up periodically? Only if you want to make them "Used" instead of NOS. Capacitors deteriorate without voltage across them. Is that not true for tubes? I guess not. Only electrolytic capacitors do/need that, not regular 'unpolarized' caps. Tubes not, when not turned on they don't detoriate/age, in that respect they are just like a plain old light bulb. |
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mcp6453 wrote:
On 10/11/2014 11:45 AM, Roy W. Rising wrote: mcp6453 wrote: I have a very few NOS tubes that have been in a box for years. Is there any reason to power them up periodically? Only if you want to make them "Used" instead of NOS. Capacitors deteriorate without voltage across them. Is that not true for tubes? I guess not. Electrolytics do it, because electrolytics rely on current to keep an oxide film formed on the plates. Normal capacitors are fine. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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