Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when

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jmaulz
Junior tube assistant
Posts: 13
(5/23/05 8:42 pm)
Reply  Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when the plastic...
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 ...cylindrical piece in the middle of the pins that lines up the tube to the socket is broken off?
Thanks, Mike.
 
LooseChange
I only work on Fender's
Posts: 580
(5/23/05 9:07 pm)
Reply  Re: Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when the plastic
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 Nothing wrong with that. I use em' all the time. Just be VERY careful how you install it. It needs to go in the right way. You can usually see where the pin was.
 
Tiny Daddy
I only work on Fender's
Posts: 1226
(5/23/05 10:36 pm)
Reply  Re: Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when the plastic
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 AES sells slip-on replacement pins. Kind of pricey though if you only need one.
 
6G6
I only work on tube amps
Posts: 419
(5/24/05 4:55 am)
Reply  Re: Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when the plastic
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 If you don't have it out much, you could just mark the base, next to pin one with the tip of a knife and line that up with a pencil mark on the chassis, next to it's socket.
The tube dosen't care at all if it has the line up pin, but it sure
picky about having the pins lined up with the socket correctly.
 
 
eddiejg
I only work on tube amps
Posts: 440
(5/24/05 11:04 am)
Reply  Re: Is there any danger in using a 6L6 tube when the plastic
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 I always crazy glue them back on.
I break them off all the time.
-Ed
 
 
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