Re: Vintage Heathkit TC-2 Valve Tester
Hello jomac,
With over a 1000 valves to test, as Graham says, you'll eventually will need to think about a more advanced tester. One that can display Ia, whilst monitoring the correct -ve Vg. Particularly if your collection contains valuable valves such as ECC83's, EL &/or KT O/P valves, or very old PX valves, and so on.
PM me your address & I'll send you a DC Standardised valve for testing your Heathkit tester, buck sheesh.
But hey, you & Graham both live in Ipswich, so perhaps he could recommend someone local with an AVO VCM or similar, & who could possibly kindly also check how accurate/reliable your TC-2 is ?
I ken sfa about TC-2's, but do they require test cards ? You might also need some alternative source of valve data, such as the vintage Bernards & Illiffe Valve Data Books(( see adjacent recent thread).
Regards, David
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