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MooBin · Mar 8, 2009 at 4:06 PM

While trying to exercise utmost care in transporting some of my precious 6DJ8 I still manged to drop one today. It fell from about 1 m to my hard wooden floor.

However it did not seem to be harmed at all and does perfom well with the amp right now. Has somebody experience dropping a tube and if yes - how was the result ? Hope I may be lucky and nothing happened. How much of a chance for this ? If it has not an immediate effect what may I expect in the long run and how could a defect - if any - be detected as early as possbile ?

dBel84 · Mar 8, 2009 at 4:35 PM

dropped a few in my time - small tubes like the 6DJ8's are pretty resilient and if it works just fine, I wouldn't be too concerned. If they crack ( as did one of my siemens 12ax7's

) they let you know - the getter changes to white indicating oxidization. Many people stored tubes in big bins and just let them rattle about ..dB

xenithon · Mar 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM

1x5998 and 1x6H33C. Pretty resilient buggers. They were also very slippery when trying to wriggle them out of tight ceramic tube sockets with a pair of gloves on

sacd lover · Mar 8, 2009 at 6:33 PM

I had a 6F8G fall out the bottom of its deteriorated box and hit the concrete floor.

[size=x-large]BOOM![/size]

Kiss that tube goodbye!

Skylab · Mar 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM

Yeah, that is a bummer. But we have ALL dropped tubes. I usually test them again if dropped, but I have actually never dropped one and had it be a problem.

Never dropped one onto concrete though

vcoheda · Mar 8, 2009 at 9:36 PM

not yet. knock on wood.

jeffreyj900 · Mar 8, 2009 at 9:50 PM

Yes. I dropped one of my Woo 3 tubes when I had it. One of the big ones. It broke

les_garten · Mar 9, 2009 at 2:21 AM

I dropped a 6080WB about 4' onto a tile Floor. I watched it fall out of the Box in Slo Mo. All the way down to the Floor. Landed and made a hell of a noise!! Very solid noise. No problems at all, I was just as surprised as you were. I expected a Zillion shards of Glass!

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xenithon · Mar 9, 2009 at 4:57 AM

Quote:

not yet. knock on wood.

Just don't drop on wood

LostOne.TR · Mar 9, 2009 at 5:32 AM

^. the knocking on wood breaks the toobs, carpet win.

Frihed89 · Mar 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM

The varieties of religious experience! Yes, and no damage, ever. Nonetheless, I bought a used carpet as a partial solution. It looks great....but it acts like camouflage and hides stuff. Now you have to ask me i ever stepped on a tube (or pair of glasses) and what happened!

krmathis · Mar 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM

Luckily not!

Have handled all of them really carefully though...

nor_spoon · Mar 9, 2009 at 6:25 PM

Nope. Not yet.

Fairbanks · Mar 9, 2009 at 8:10 PM

Dropped a Sylvania 2C51 and 12 hours later it was as white as a ghost on the inside.

les_garten · Mar 9, 2009 at 8:32 PM

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Dropped a Sylvania 2C51 and 12 hours later it was as white as a ghost on the inside.

There ya go, that's how you know.

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