Guys, "valves" are what we call "tubes"...
-----Original Message-----
From: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
To: ArthurK101@aol.com <ArthurK101@aol.com>
Cc: tr357@cdsnet.net <tr357@cdsnet.net>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: March 2, 1998 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: Modern radio for TR4
>
>I have a very vintage valve amp at home, a Rogers Cadet Mk III, it
>uses seven valves. A couple of years ago I had two go into melt down
>and so I was stuck, but when my parents went to get there CD player
>fixed, I asked if they had valves. The chap said no, but I can order
>them for you. He produced a telephone directory size catalogue, and
>looked
>up the valves I needed. Twelve pound each if memory serves. To cut a
>medium sizes story short, valves are not that hard to get. Especially
>with the valves from Russia still be manufactured. The most expensive
>thing to go wrong except for the transformers is the capacitors. I
>believe the ones I need to replace in my amp are 30 pounds each. So
>at the moment I have got part of a camera flash wired in.
>
>
>--
>James Carpenter
>Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
>
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