how are you testing your own tubes?


I am new to tubes....does everyone have a tube tester? do I need a tester or can I learn to do this another way?

I dont have access to one and not close to a repair shop that does.


mswobo

Showing 2 responses by glennewdick

Testers  are hard to find in good shape and they they need to be calibrated to get the most accurate reading so best to get them checked at a shop. I'm thinking yearly for power tubes and every few years for low power tubes like preamp tubes and drivers. Eventually they will fail but you will most likely tell much before that by poor sound quality, well unless they fail spectacularly like internal shorting.
of course most of us i'd imagine just wait until they sound bad, microphonic or fail and replace.