Re: 833a Sockets

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz> 

On 5 Sep 2003, at 19:14, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Adam Horden" <ath-at-blueyonder.co.uk>
 >
 > Hi,
 >
 > Valves is just a nickname given to tubes etc. I honnestly dont know why that
 > is. Maybee its just a UK thing?

It's actually a more technical description of the job they do, namely
controlling a ("conventional") current flow from anode to cathode.
"Tube" sounds more like a nickname to me. I prefer "bottle".

Malcolm

 > Adam
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:31 AM
 > Subject: RE: 833a Sockets
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >
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 >  >
 >  > 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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