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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin
A good 6E5 was in an RCA victor console's RC-1192 tuner, but I needed it for a Crosley 1127 (1937 Dynatrol 11) console radio I was restoring and found a way to make a 1629 eye tube work in the RCA.
I had to change tube sockets, then swapped a 6BE6 for the 12BE6, and moved some series heater wiring. Probably cant do this in too many radios, but this one's wacky design made it a no-brainer, since I have several 1629s and few 6U5/6G5 and 6E5s sub for those.
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In parallel heater sets you can make a 1629 socket adapter with a voltage doubler on the heater to convert 6.3VAC to 12.6VDC...Heater don't care if it has AC or DC as long as it has enough of it...I've done this more than once.