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22nd Dec 2004, 9:00 pm | #1 |
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ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
hi folks and and a happy christmas everyone.
does anybody have any info on some strange valves that i have found in the loft,they are mullard type 'e80f' i can find no info and a search across the web has proved fruitless as well. any help would be most welcome. many thanks greg.
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22nd Dec 2004, 9:09 pm | #2 |
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22nd Dec 2004, 10:16 pm | #3 |
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Re: ODD VALVE
Does it look like it has two sections - maybe the second C got rubbed off.
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22nd Dec 2004, 11:43 pm | #4 |
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Re: ODD VALVE
I have a hazy recollection (most of them are, these days, though, ) of an e80C as a " frame grid " half-ECC88. I think I may even have used it somewhere along the line.
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23rd Dec 2004, 12:36 pm | #6 |
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I understood that there were several of these valves.
Difficult to believe they've all had their last letter rubbed off. |
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23rd Dec 2004, 3:13 pm | #8 |
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Re: ODD VALVE
Greg,
Are you sure that the number is an '80'? There is an E86C and an E88C but I can find no reference to an E80C... |
24th Dec 2004, 7:48 pm | #9 |
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Re: ODD VALVE
hi folks again
well!,that caused a stir. at this point i have to hand my head in shame because i got the suffix wrong, the valve type is 'e80f'. all the same still no info on it and any help to identify the things would be helpful,also i will alter the topic header as well.
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24th Dec 2004, 9:22 pm | #10 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
Hi Greg, I believe the E80F is a special quality version of the EF80. I have a couple in my valve hoard but have never tried to do anything with them.
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26th Dec 2004, 2:11 pm | #11 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
Hi everyone.
Paul Sherwin is right. It was a specially selected industrial version of the EF80. May have been used in industrial RF amps. If you have any you could probably use them in place of the ordinary EF80...it would have been considered a waste but it'll probably last forever in a domestic set. Rich. |
26th Dec 2004, 6:07 pm | #12 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
Good evening all,
you are totally wrong. Nothing to do with the EF80 It is an audio valve and the E80F has the same pinout like the EF86! The u g2 is 25 for the E80F and the u g2 for the EF86 is 38. So if you use it as a pentode it may be a replacement for the EF86. Kind regards Darius PS the EF800 is the audio EF80 it has a bifilar heater. |
29th Dec 2004, 11:30 am | #13 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
many thanks all of you out there
I will certainly try the in place of the ef86 in my maplin special and see if they work. I was puzzled by the odd nomenclature as it does not seem to indicate exactly what type of valve it is,any help in this direction would be useful. many thanks again for all your answers to this query. greg. |
29th Dec 2004, 4:06 pm | #14 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
"I was puzzled by the odd nomenclature as it does not seem to indicate
exactly what type of valve it is,any help in this direction would be useful." I know it does not appear to fit the usual Mullard coding, but it does - in special quality valves, the number and electrode-type letter were switched. I.E., ECC83 would become the E83CC. I know it appears to go against the logic of the Mullard code! Sam
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13th Jan 2005, 11:00 pm | #16 |
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Re: ODD VALVE,type 'e80f'
hi folks again
the e80f valve works just fine in the maplin special but i'm unable to detect much audible difference!!, still sounds great. many thanks for all your replies to this thread. greg. |
14th Jan 2005, 2:07 pm | #17 | |
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They were designed to withstand high levels of vibration or have extended life under low cathode current conditions. E.g. the Brimar 'Trustworthy' range. The Brimar data book has a couple of pages describing the difference. They can't be expected to deliver a stunningly better performance than a non-SQ equivalent in ordinary use. As for the E80F being in demand by valve hi-fi purists - maybe, but don't they tend to go in for particular brands, and constructional variants which are suppose to do wonders? Mullard with Yellow lettering, 'long-plate' ECC83s and such. Pete. |
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