Idea for posting B9a valves - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

high_vacuum_house · 6th Apr 2022, 6:26 pm

Good afternoon,
I just received a B9a valve I bought on EBay. As it was a used valve it didn’t have a valve box. Instead the seller pocked it into the centre of about 3” of grey “expanded foam” 15mm pipe insulation, the type you can buy from Screwfix ECT. for very little. This is ideal as a posting material as it is light and would keep the valve significantly safer in postage than just its cardboard box in a Jiffy bag.

You could in theory have a long(ish) section of pipe insulation and have several valves “top to tail” inside in a postal tube!!
Christopher Capener

G6Tanuki · 6th Apr 2022, 6:39 pm

I like your thinking here.

In times-past I have used offcuts of 2-1/2-inch plastic drainpipe as the outer 'shell', with bubblewrap wound round the Octal valves concealed withim.

The same approach, though using a length of 4-inch waste-pipe, worked just fine to ship a QQV06/40A and a couple of glass-envelope 6L6.

Bobdger · 6th Apr 2022, 7:10 pm

If you only order 1 or 2 25 packs of chips Rapid send them out in pipe insulation taped at the ends and a few turns round the middle. So far they have arrived safe and well. Bob

Graham G3ZVT · 9th Apr 2022, 1:20 pm

I received a pair of B7G valves in these pink purpose-made protective cages.

6th Apr 2022, 6:26 pm	#1
high_vacuum_house Octode Join Date: May 2003 Location: Belper Derbyshire Posts: 1,935	Idea for posting B9a valves Good afternoon, I just received a B9a valve I bought on EBay. As it was a used valve it didn’t have a valve box. Instead the seller pocked it into the centre of about 3” of grey “expanded foam” 15mm pipe insulation, the type you can buy from Screwfix ECT. for very little. This is ideal as a posting material as it is light and would keep the valve significantly safer in postage than just its cardboard box in a Jiffy bag. You could in theory have a long(ish) section of pipe insulation and have several valves “top to tail” inside in a postal tube!! Christopher Capener __________________ Interests in the collection and restoration of Tefifon players and 405 line television

6th Apr 2022, 6:39 pm	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Idea for posting B9a valves I like your thinking here. In times-past I have used offcuts of 2-1/2-inch plastic drainpipe as the outer 'shell', with bubblewrap wound round the Octal valves concealed withim. The same approach, though using a length of 4-inch waste-pipe, worked just fine to ship a QQV06/40A and a couple of glass-envelope 6L6. __________________ I'm the Operator of my Pocket Calculator. -Kraftwerk.

6th Apr 2022, 7:10 pm	#3
Bobdger Hexode Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Rustington, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 383	Re: Idea for posting B9a valves If you only order 1 or 2 25 packs of chips Rapid send them out in pipe insulation taped at the ends and a few turns round the middle. So far they have arrived safe and well. Bob __________________ Bob, BVWS member

9th Apr 2022, 1:20 pm	#4
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,715	Re: Idea for posting B9a valves I received a pair of B7G valves in these pink purpose-made protective cages. Attached Thumbnails __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT