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Old 05-28-2014, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Kamakiri View Post
That's the odd thing. Powered it up on my tester, 6.3V, and let it warm up for a minute. Walked away for a sec, heard a quiet SNAP, and the filament went dead

Never had that happen before.
Sorry to hear, that is typical heater burn-out for a very gassy tube... likely the 19AP4 was pretty much "up to air" when you got it. How do the getters look?

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