short in a tube-what happens?


I just received a 6dj8 tube which i tested on my tube tester. the reading were fine, however there was a clear short in the tube.

what happens if a tube with a short is installed in your audio gear?

disaster? hum? anyone ever brave enough to find out?
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Showing 1 response by gjrad

Here is my experience. I was getting a kind of popping/rumpling sound coming from one of my speakers. It was intermittent, not extremely loud, but with no music playing it was very noticeable. Could not figure it out but ultimately traced it back to one of my mono blocks which was brand new. I started by testing the “6DJ8” driver tubes and sure enough one of the sides of one of the tubes registered a short. I replaced both tubes and the amp is now dead silent.