I don’t use gloves but I touch the tubes once in their entire lifespan, when installing them I have no reason to I don’t much if any tube rolling so once they are in, that’s it
Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?
I wear cloth gloves to change or to test tubes. Does anyone else do this? I see lots of bare fingers handling tubes on ebay. If I ever do touch them with bare skin, I am very quick to wipe with dry cloth after. Just wondering what the rest of the world does. Thanks
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I think back to my first tube amp and how naive and ignorant I was. I was afraid to touch them from the halogen era as well. I quickly gained confidence and have never used gloves. I still love my halogen pendant lights in the kitchen. I have a set of 3 that I installed in my old house and when I moved, I took them with me. I never turn them off and the OEM bulbs lasted about 13 years! |
@wownflutter +1 same here, don't tube roll and just test tubes every few years. |
@larryi Then the best thing to do is occasionally use a microfibre towel to dust and/or remove detris/oils on a tube, new and used. I'm just not into that and my custom listening room is filtered from most dust-maybe once annual cleaning. |
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