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MotorBikeLes · 26th Aug 2019, 11:02 pm

Not relevant here, but at least one German manufacturer (Korting) supplied an adapter a bit like a "double egg cup" such that two pentodes (EL95 I think) that plugged into the ELL80 socket, which I found not the most reliable, making a good repair procedure.
I modified my own NordeMende "Parsifal" by rewiring the bases of the ECC808 and the ELL80 so that each could be replaced by an ECL86, thus dispensing with the low emission ELL80.
That ECLL800 is a rather more tricky one with which to deal.
Les.

26th Aug 2019, 11:02 pm	#17
MotorBikeLes Nonode Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kirk Michael, Isle of Man Posts: 2,350	Re: Grundig Radio (Unknown Model). Requesting Assistance. Not relevant here, but at least one German manufacturer (Korting) supplied an adapter a bit like a "double egg cup" such that two pentodes (EL95 I think) that plugged into the ELL80 socket, which I found not the most reliable, making a good repair procedure. I modified my own NordeMende "Parsifal" by rewiring the bases of the ECC808 and the ELL80 so that each could be replaced by an ECL86, thus dispensing with the low emission ELL80. That ECLL800 is a rather more tricky one with which to deal. Les.