The Advantages Of Tubes

AZ1 · 2007-04-04T11:37:10+00:00

Tubes are warm, they are not cold.That is why we are attracted to tubes as to the other sex.Tubes are clean, they contain vacuum, completely unpolluted.Tubes use heaters.In the cold climate this adds electric heat to the room, and we need to burnless woodor coal in our houses to keep it warm, reducing pollution near our place.In the warmer climates less energy is needed to bring the cathodes to the sametemperature / emission level.So tubes are enviro friendly.Tubes uses electrons, tubes are not full of holes like semi-conductors, but aresealedproperly, even air cannot get in, so much better quality.Tubes use sockets, you can simply just replace the tube if a problem occurs, andnot have to dump the whole Chinesemade impossible to decipher 208 pin flat pack + board + whatever expensive thingit is in.Tubes give light, some tubes it is even possible to read by in the dark.The more power the more light.Tubes start glowing all red like blushing if you overload them, unlikesemi-conductors that just fail and thenblow your fuses.Tubes are made of glass, you can see what you buy, and can see what happensinside.Glass can also be melted again and re-used.Tubes are easier to manufacture then semi-conthings, no very expensive plantsneeded.Tubes allow more profit to be made, for example a bad tube amplifier sells formore then good transistor amplifier.Tubes are beautiful, the art of glass blowing presents itself in wonderfulshapes in tubes.Unlike trans-sisters, now so small you cannot even see these.Tubes allow for extra connection on the top, saving on through holes in somedesigns.Tubes can be manufactured for much higher power then trans-sisters, tubes arethe item of choice in many high powerapplications.

Apr 04, 2007 21 Replies

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Homer J Simpson 19 years ago

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John 19 years ago

inside.

Reminded me of the Motorola Motrac mobile radios that happened to get the mike stuck. It would melt a nice little hole between the top plate pins of the 5894 tube. The insides would turn white when they vaporized as the air and oxygen hit them.

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