Posted on 11/26/2021 5:17:57 AM PST by sodpoodle
I remember going with my Dad to test tubes back in the 50s. He worked for the phone company so he was handy with electrical repairs.
Tube TVs.
I was the one that did all the tube checking. I loved Radio Shack and Tandy’s. I miss them a lot.
Good memories... :)
Last year I had a chip go bad in my 10 yr old Sony tv (no replacement parts available).
I actually found an outfit in Cincinnati via eBay that replaced the failed chip on the board for 40 bucks. Apparently this is a well known common failure for these sets.
Brought back memories.
We still deal with tubes in the musical world. Tube amps are still popular with guitarists who do the classic rock sound. So even new tube amps and of course replacement tubes for old amps are still available. I think it is one of the only niche uses for tubes still around.
My result: You’re positively ancient!
My result: You’re positively ancient!
Awesome. I would have thought the tooling and skills to manufacture tubes was long gone.
I recall that at one time, Russia was the largest supplier of vacuum tubes. I’m not sure if that has changed.
There are certain sounds they want to reproduce and it can only be done with tube amps. Example would be... You can do Hendrix leads, but they are just not right on the money unless it is done through a tube amp like he did. The same feedback is hard to reproduce any other way. :)
Yeah, me too.
Kind of like carburetors on engines these days.
I couldn’t get a carburetor for my 67 Chevy that worked right, then I learned that about 40% of all rebuilt carbs have errors.
So I got the documentation and ground through it and eventually made a good one.
Yep, Electro-Harmonics is one of the major brands made in Russia.
Looks exactly like the one that I gave Mom for Christmas one year so I could listen to KILT-FM Houston’s Rock and Roll Station.
“40% of all rebuilt carbs have errors.”
Because they disassemble them and throw like kind parts in bins. Then reconstruct them from out of the bins. When they should keep all the carb parts together as a set.
You are now one of the few left who actually understands how a Quadrajet works... Even back in the day very few wanted to tackle a Quadrajet or Thermoquad. lol :)
I always just rebuild them myself like you did. Up and until the butterfly shaft is so worn out through the base/body that it becomes a vacuum leak issue. Then I find another with a tight base/body and rebuild it.
:)
It suxs getting old.
I still have the ice tongs my dad used to transport the block of ice from the ice house to our house. I still call convenience stores ice houses.Old habits die hard.
Yeah, I missed a lot of chances to die young. Now it’s too late.
I used to think it would be good to have my body rejuvenated to 18 or so, but only if I could retain whatever I had learned since that age, because I sure wouldn’t want to have to do all that stupid stuff again. I have since realized that if I were to be that young, even knowing what I do now, I would STILL do all kinds of stupid stuff despite knowing better. It just goes with being young, with all that energy.
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