13 Mar
2013
13 Mar
'13
5:11 p.m.
Do any special precautions need to be taken with
storing vacuum
tubes?
I have no special expertise. I would assume that as long as they stay
sealed, and the pins un-bent for those whose pins are reasonably
bendable without breaking the seal (mostly meaning the 7- and 9-pin
sorts in my experience), there's no problem.
This means protection from physical shock and (because of differential
thermal expansion stress) protection from extremes of cold. (I'd add
extremes of heat, too, except that they typically run hot enough that
storage is unlikely to approach operating temperatures.)
So, for people who do know - how far off base am I in thinking this?
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