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azguy1878

06-21-2006 03:55 PM

Glass on picture tube broken...

please see picture...do I have to get a whole new picture tube or could this be fixed..or work without the glass?

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...54654368ga.jpg

3Guncolor

06-21-2006 04:25 PM

New tube is needed..

wa2ise

06-21-2006 10:19 PM

All the vacuum surely has leaked out. You'll need to install a new tube.

RetroHacker

06-22-2006 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wa2ise

All the vacuum surely has leaked out

Wouldn't it have leaked in? <grin>

-Ian

bgadow

06-22-2006 12:48 PM

Seeing something like that really is sad, isn't it? There is no such thing as a "little" leak when it comes to vacuum tubes!

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