13 Mar
2013
13 Mar
'13
4:10 p.m.
Do any special precautions need to be taken with
storing vacuum tubes? Are
these something that can simply be tossed in the attic and forgotten about
until needed? I recently got a fair number, and expect to get more at some
point in the future.
Temperature extremes are really not a problem, simply because they are
made for such extremes during normal operation. Moisture can be a
problem in extreme cases, but normally not much of an issue either -
mostly the boxes suffer (and metal tubes, I suppose). The only thing
that really is bad for tubes is salt spray. Don't store your tubes in
a seaside shack.
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Will