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David Simpson · 28th Aug 2019, 6:37 pm

I asked the skip-site mannie where he wanted those big boxes of duff valves to go - the big WEEE steel container or the lightbulb's smaller plastic lidded bin ? He said - put them next to the full neon tube bin!
Obviously, the big PL500 series were all tested & decent ones saved.
I think that the mindset of that older generation of vintage enthusiasts, who are now being "Silent Key'd", followed a wartime mantra of not disposing of anything - "just in case" so to speak.
But hey, don't feel bad about skipping a few hundred duff old manky valves. There is enough anecdotal evidence of the MOD dumping thousands of WS19's, 1154/55's , and many other items of radio/radar equipment (complete with valves), in the North Sea & other places after the war.

Regards, David

28th Aug 2019, 6:37 pm	#19
David Simpson Nonode Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Aberdeen, UK. Posts: 2,857	Re: When an interest in valves becomes out of control without realising! I asked the skip-site mannie where he wanted those big boxes of duff valves to go - the big WEEE steel container or the lightbulb's smaller plastic lidded bin ? He said - put them next to the full neon tube bin! Obviously, the big PL500 series were all tested & decent ones saved. I think that the mindset of that older generation of vintage enthusiasts, who are now being "Silent Key'd", followed a wartime mantra of not disposing of anything - "just in case" so to speak. But hey, don't feel bad about skipping a few hundred duff old manky valves. There is enough anecdotal evidence of the MOD dumping thousands of WS19's, 1154/55's , and many other items of radio/radar equipment (complete with valves), in the North Sea & other places after the war. Regards, David