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GrimJosef · 14th Sep 2021, 10:05 pm

I would too. Indeed I did take a close look. The EL34 has a glass button-base of course, so the wires are relatively short and dead straight. I could see the ends of all of them where they'd been snipped off as they left the solder blobs on the pin ends. The 'wetting' of the wire by the solder was good in each case.

Cheers,

GJ

14th Sep 2021, 10:05 pm	#8
GrimJosef Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,311	Re: What happens if a valve's cathode becomes electrically detached ? I would too. Indeed I did take a close look. The EL34 has a glass button-base of course, so the wires are relatively short and dead straight. I could see the ends of all of them where they'd been snipped off as they left the solder blobs on the pin ends. The 'wetting' of the wire by the solder was good in each case. Cheers, GJ __________________ http://www.ampregen.com