Fwd: RE: 833a Sockets

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Original poster: sundog <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net> 


Hi All, Dan,

A valve is the old-time (and over-the-pond, I believe) term for a vacuum 
tube.  Goes back to the electricity being like water analogy, and the tube 
is likened to a valve in a pipe.  Pretty good analogy, too.  Just a little 
bit of twisting of the handle (voltage on the grid) to get a big change in 
flow (current).

Shad


>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
>
>Pentalabs has 833A sockets for about $30.00 each which is a great price.
>Not sure what shipping would be though.
>They are pretty good. www.pentalabs-dot-com
>
>BTW, what's a valve??
>
>Dan
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I was wondering if any of you guys would have some spare 833a
> > (power triode)
> > tube bases and tube connectors? The cost if importing them was nearley
> > double the cost of the valves!
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >

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