Re: Latest Find...

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Chip,

Nice find! ;^) I assume the 833 style tubes are
833As and not 833Cs? 833Cs have a graphite
grid and I have seen firsthand that they are much
more robust than the metal gridded 833As and
can take probably twice the power of an 833A
without so much as a dull glow of the grid.

David Rieben


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Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:15 PM
Subject: Latest Find...


> Original poster: "Chip Ford" <chipford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Please check out the link below.
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> I ordered (2) of the long tubulation 833A's off of ebay. The guy cut
> me a pretty good deal. I recieved them today at work. I opened up one
> of the boxes and showed the tube to the maintenance supervisor. I
> asked him if he had ever seen a tube like that. He said sure...I just
> junked a bunch of them not too long ago. They went in our old style
> pre-heaters. They are all gone but there may be a few left over the
> offices. I took a man lift and went and looked...There under about a
> half inch of dust was a bunch of tubes in boxes. I took then down and
> in the picture if you follow the link, you will see what I found...I
> bought them pretty cheap from the company...
>
> Chip...
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<http://www.flickr.com/photos/11814425@N00/385112684/>http://www.flickr.com/
photos/11814425@N00/385112684/
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