Re: Latest Find...

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

Hi Steve,


Yep, my bad, graphite "plate" not "grid" ;^) Anyway, it looks
as though Chip labeled all 6 of them as "833A's" on his "Tube
ID" picture. Maybe Chip could elaborate as to whether they
are actually 833A or 833C? It should state it on the tube itself.

David Rieben


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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Latest Find...


> Original poster: "Steve Ward" <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> On second look, i think that 5 out of the 6 833s there are the C type
> with graphite plate.  Quite a stash you have there.
>
> Steve
>
> On 2/10/07, Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Hi David,
> >
> >You mean graphite *plate*.  The grid structure is the same in each
> >tube, i believe.
> >
> >Anyway, i can tell from the picture that 3 of those tubes are indeed
833Cs.
> >
> >Steve Ward
> >
> >On 2/10/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 10:15 PM
> > > Subject: Latest Find...
> > >
> > >
> > >  > Original poster: "Chip Ford" <chipford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  >
> > >  > Please check out the link below.
> > >  >
> > >  > 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...
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >
> >
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/11814425@N00/385112684/>http://www.flickr.com/
> > > photos/11814425@N00/385112684/
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