Re: vacuum tube construction. (fwd)

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This is starting to be more HV-list related as it's dealing with HV and
X-rays and has diverged from tesla coils

Chip

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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:02:26 -0400
From: David Speck <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: vacuum tube construction. (fwd)

Drake,

Their tubes look to me like 1B3 HV rectifier tubes from old B+W Tube TV 
sets.  You should be able to find lots of them at hamfests.  A quick 
look at eBay showed some listed for as little as $1.00 each with Buy It Now.

Dave
> They sell some old recieving (don't know what that means) rectifier tubes on
> unitednuclear.com as x ray tubes.  They also make you buy some of their
> radiation shielding too.  Can anyone identify them as to whether they are
> priced well and their relative size?
>
> thanks
> drake
>