Re: G05: no heater glow?!?

The resistance across the filament should be around 20 or so ohms. Not
sure, haven't measured for a while, but won't be over 100, that's for sure!

John :-#)#

At 11:16 AM 7/14/99 -0400, ddhumphr wrote:
>John Robertson wrote:
>
> > If the heater is open you should see infinite resistance, not megohms.
> > Check the heater resistor, it might be open. Do you get 6.3V across the
> > heater pins at the tube? Any chance that the tube socket has cracked traces
> > right at the trace to socket solder junction (Like, resolder these dude!)
>
>Can't hurt. I always get snagged by assumptions. ...makes sense to go
>right to
>the pins at the tube and see if they're getting the AC. Good thoughts
>John. Any
>idea what the resistance might be across the tube's heater?
>
>
>Ace

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Received on Wed Jul 14 10:50:44 1999